*** There is a Government and Parliament petition that needs to be signed, alongside this ever growing petition – thank you ***

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310515?fbclid=IwAR3sa1CAuxgMcTPQyOiIAJMpQnnaEXiCjzbkVBXg9_tlYwhaL7HjCTBi3OA

Letter Template

Please download this letter (Thank you Victoria McKay for your hard work!) and send to Boris Johnson and the listed MP’s – see these links

First - Join https://www.facebook.com/groups/592155958038441/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/592155958038441/search/?query=replacement&epa=SEARCH_BOX  (look for letter c/o Dominic Raab)

https://www.facebook.com/notes/small-business-owners-united-for-fair-covid-19-treatment-leftbehindbyrishi/instructions-template-letter-for-submission-to-local-and-national-government/594719534448750/

Thank you’s

We’d like to thank the Institute of Directors, and Ewan Holmes for letting us share this link in support of our cause

https://www.iod.com/news-campaigns/news/articles/Gaps-in-coronavirus-support-for-business-need-to-be-filled?fbclid=IwAR2bfvv2_W0WBydQYr14KgKIZ-5trJupfiHSyuIGzipIfEGyuBGTi54CKtI

Special thank you to Maisha at The Express for her continued effort supporting us wholeheartedly

ps://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1264941/coronavirus-crisis-small-businesses-help-Government-rishi-sunak

Big thanks also to Change.org who have sent this video to help spread the word and get more supporters

https://www.facebook.com/331457716972474/videos/649095175878281/

Thank you to the FSB for fighting our corner

https://www.fsb.org.uk/resources-page/fsb-highlights-gaps-in-coronavirus-income-support-measures-for-self-employed.html?fbclid=IwAR056v9t3JHODIT6FyIPtLxrQSyx38viSbeJglqWwhPVW-B3Et23Wz1ZIfM

Awaiting responses

There are many MP’s who are now beginning to stand alongside us – for which we’d like to say a big thank you to you all. 

Most of the MP’s contacted locally, are responding accurately with a full specific accounting understanding of the issues; but others are simply not up-to-speed and need be immediately.

If you know your MP isn’t up-to-speed, or ignoring you, please re-iterate the issues and copy the new shadow chancellor and Chancellor.

For those MP’s who haven’t yet responded – PLEASE do get in touch – hundreds of thousands of anxious business owners need your help before it’s too late.  We voted for you – now please help us!

BBC have been engaged in varying, but in small degrees - however we continue to struggle to get any firm confirmation from Laura Kuenssberg’s department that she will confront the government head-on (as is the way Laura usually operates) at the PM Daily Update (5pm).

Newsnight have been contacted; no response – will continue to push with this link

SKY have been contacted; no response – will continue to push with this link

IPSE body (Andy Chamberlain & Alasdair Hutchison) to join the campaign and update us as to what they are doing with the government for our campaign of nearly 300,000 small businesses specifically.
Other????
The above will be contacted directly with this link and informed that we, the petitioners are all watching in anticipation of their next moves.
 

Media

A lot of journalists have been contacted, and if anyone is prepared to be interviewed on paper or on a video, please let us know so we can put your details forward.  Please do get your local newspapers and regional TV involved.  We’re still gunning for Laura Kuenssberg (BBS political editor) to represent us during the Daily Update.

If anyone has had support from big name institutes etc (like IoD), please let us know so we can thank them.  Also, any that have been contacted and should be supporting us – we’d like to know.

WELL DONE - Keep going!

Let’s make some noise! Thanks also to Mike Evers, and Adrian Silk for your help in this campaign!

PS – get well soon Boris!