Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 18 June 2020.
How are you specifically supporting inner London businesses during the Covid-19 Pandemic?
I have invested an additional £1 million into extending business support over the coming 12 months to help small businesses through the current crisis and period of recovery.
In April, I committed £2.3 million in grant funding to support London’s cultural and creative industries. I also launched the Pay it Forward campaign with Crowdfunder.
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, I was pleased to announce that my London Growth Hub business support initiative had opened five physical hubs across London, including sites in Haringey and Croydon. I have since established an online Covid-19 support hub offering a range of key online resources and our business support programmes have pivoted to deliver Covid-19 specific business support that is available via telephone and through online platforms. This support is helping hundreds of businesses each month and is accessible to all London businesses across inner and outer London.
The London Growth Hub has also established a Covid-19 business support hub as part of its website and is publishing a range of factsheets, checklists and tools as well as providing sign-posting to Government support and sector-specific initiatives. All this information is available at www.growthhub.london.