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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Provide financial support for small businesses during Coronavirus outbreak

During the Coronavirus outbreak small businesses are going to struggle paying wages, rent and bills due to the downturn of revenue.
Parliament has helped many large businesses financially when such a crisis has hit and should be helping small businesses to stay a float also.

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Parliament has bailed out many airlines, banks and provide financial help for other large businesses when there has been a crisis such as Corvid-19 and there was a good chance that said businesses could close.
They should be helping small businesses as well as a large number could go under due to the loss in revenue.
Curry houses, restaurants in general are at major risk. So are certain shops and specialist industry businesses. Thousands of jobs are at risk and need to be protected.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302889

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