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Coronavirus

Useful links

Government guidance for employees, employers and businesses

Government guidance on working safely with Covid-19

Apprenticeships & other training:

Re-opening: What FE & providers will need to do from the start of the 2020 Autumn term

DfE: Apprenticeship programme response

Institute for Apprenticeships C-19 guidance

- detailed guidance on paying apprentices who are furloughed

Skills Development Scotland: advice on MAs

DfE: Maintaining further education provision

MCA: putting short courses online

MCA: putting long courses online

MCA: flexibilities & fishermen's safety courses

Seafish: funding to support online learning

AELP "Ask Ashworth" blog

RYA guidance for training centres

RYA: Sport England community emergency fund

For training providers as businesses:

UK Govt: Find coronavirus support for your business

- detail on the furlough scheme

- apply for a Bounce Back Loan

- local Top-Up Grants (England)

Small Business Grant Funds

Business support in England

- free recovery advice for business coordinated for BEIS by Enterprise Nation

Local support in England: contact points for each Local Enterprise Partnership

Business support in Northern Ireland

Business support in Scotland

- Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund (Scotland)

Business support in Wales

CIPD: options to avoid redundancies

Norton Rose Fulbright: alternatives to redundancy

Federation of Small Businesses advice

NESTA advice on crowdfunding in a crisis

Other links:

British Marine coronavirus microsite

MCA: Key advice for seafarers

Maritime UK: useful links

Nautilus International resources

Quarantine exemptions list

10 August 2020