The UK\u2019s personal care industry appears to have been denied it\u2019s much-campaigned for cut in VAT to 5%.<\/p>\n
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However, revealing the UK\u2019s Budget for 2021, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said he would introduce a new \u201cre-start grant\u201d of up to \u00a318,000 per personal care business, to support the sector\u2019s re-opening.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cNon-essential retail will open first so they will get grants of up to \u00a36,000 per premises,\u201d Sunak said.<\/p>\n \u201cHospitality and leisure, including personal care and gyms will open later, or be more impacted by restrictions when they do<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cSo we will give them grants of up to \u00a318,000 \u2013 that\u2019s \u00a35bn of new grants, taking our direct total cash support to business to \u00a325bn,\u201d Sunak added.<\/p>\n The Chancellor also announced that the UK\u2019s furlough scheme would be extended until the end of September and a doubling of the incentive payments for apprentice hires to \u00a33,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n The current business rates holiday will also continue until the end of June, after which rates will be discounted by two thirds for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The UK\u2019s personal care industry appears to have been denied it\u2019s much-campaigned for cut in VAT to 5%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":142453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16346,17520,17527],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n