UPDATED: Temporary change to postal arrangements on Saturday will be for a six-week period.

UPDATE: The government has taken steps on the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) to ensure that lenders have the confidence they need to process finance applications quickly, including removing the per lender portfolio cap for the government guarantee, and changing the viability tests that so that all banks will need to assess is whether a business was viable pre COVID-19

The Chancellor has announced the creation of Bounce Back Loans, for small businesses in need of loans of up to 50,000.

UPDATE: DCMS respond to PPA letter written to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, calling for the adjustments to government schemes intended to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus in order to provide greater support for UK publishers.

Audience engagement agency Gold Key Media, part of the Frontline Group, continues to remain fully operational throughout the Coronavirus crisis.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended by one month to reflect continuing social distancing measures.

A government-backed loan scheme for large businesses affected by coronavirus has been expanded to cover all viable firms, the Chancellor announced.

As the news trade adapts to the current lockdown, the industry charity NewstrAid, highlights the wide range of services on offer to anyone with a news trade connection facing hardship, including those in work.

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