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Information for craft businesses: March 2021


17 February 2021

Resources and advice during the COVID-19 pandemic


17 February 2021

  • COVID-19
  • Craft business

  • Agnes, Eckhart and Rajvinder by Crafts Council directory maker Sarah Ward, Lark & Bower. Gingham, graduated check, and twill woven windings.

The crafts are an important part of our social and economic life with the Crafts Council Market for Craft report showing craft sales worth £3 billion to the UK economy.

We know the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on a sector dominated by micro enterprises and sole practitioners. And the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 December 2020 which will affect all businesses.

Crafts Council support

We continue to be in direct and regular contact with relevant government departments and Arts Council England to ensure they are properly briefed on the craft sector situation.

At the end of 2020 we were asked to summarise the impact that Covid-19 and Brexit would have on the craft sector to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) – see summary here.

We have a number of new online business resources including films on the following topics;

  • Getting noticed with good photography, with Yeshen Venema
  • Making the most of your mailing list, with Angus and Lorna Ross
  • Legal requirements for small businesses, with Briffa Legal

Connect to us on all our social channels, follow our craft opportunities Facebook page and sign up to our regular maker newsletter.

Brexit

Visit our page on advice for UK-based makers and craft businesses.

Resources and support

  • Government announces an extension to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) - the self-employed can claim up to £7,500.
  • The new VAT referral scheme lets customers pay their deferred VAT in equal monthly instalments, interest free. Look at the guidance before the 31 March 2021.
  • Arts Council England are supporting artists across England recover and grow their creative businesses post COVID with Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants and Developing your Creative Practice.
  • Support for businesses and self-employed people
  • extra protection for businesses with ban on evictions for commercial tenants who miss rent payments.
  • Reopen your business safely during coronavirus
  • Get your business Brexit-ready by checking this government guidance
  • Government financial support for businesses during Covid-19
  • Government tax helpline to help businesses affected by Covid-19
  • Government Business Rates Relief
  • Arts Council England Emergency Response Package for organisations and individuals
  • MoneySavingExpert (aka Martin Lewis) Coronavirus Help for the Self-employed
  • The Creative Industries Federation represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries and they are currently offering six months free subscription.
  • Facebook Business Resource Hub
  • The Culture, Health & Well-Being Alliance
  • The Business Finance Guide is a free and independent source of information on the forms of finance available to business owners produced by ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales) and the British Business Bank – it has produced new content designed to help companies to meet financial challenges resulting from the crisis.

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