This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to extend support for businesses, but we can only accept petitions that make a clear request for a specific action from the Government.

We have published the following petitions, some of which you might like to sign:

Given the current situation suspend all Business Rates now to all business: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305899

Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305024

Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304161

Exempt businesses whose offices have closed due to Covid-19 from business rates: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313407

Raise the (SBBR) small business COVID-19 grant to £25,000 help small businesses: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307846

Stop business rates, VAT and PAYE whilst government advise isolation for COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304260

We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to provide financial support to individuals and businesses during the pandemic, which you might like to sign. You can view all open petitions relating to coronavirus here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=covid-19

If you would like the Government to make a specific change which is not covered by an existing petition, you could start a new petition requesting this.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/