Monthly Archives: March 2020

What coronavirus small business help is available for free?

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
UPDATED: Many tech suppliers and digital companies are offering their services for free to small business to help it get through the coronavirus Covid-19 shutdown.
Here is a list of software and digital services coronavirus help being offered for free to small business, which will be updated regularly.
Cybersecurity
Kapersky
Kaspersky has made its core endpoint security products free for medical organisations. This will enable healthcare professionals to keep surgeries and hospitals protected from cyberthreats during the Covid-19 crisis.
For six months, the following products will be available for free:

Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Plus
Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365
Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Advanced
Kaspersky Hybrid Cloud Security

For more detailed information about the offering and its availability please visit Kaspersky business blog and contact Kaspersky or its resellers.
ImmuniWeb
ImmuniWeb is offering $500,000 worth of cybersecurity solutions for free to qualifying companies during the Covid-19 crisis.
To qualify, a UK small business must have existed for at least two years with less than 30 per cent of revenue stemming from online sales in 2019 and with plans for 70 per cent of revenue shifting online as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The following software packages are available for qualifying small businesses:

ImmuniWeb® Discovery
ImmuniWeb®

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How to get your small business online within an hour

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
There’s no doubt that coronavirus is causing problems for small businesses, especially those who are based in a physical shop with no website.
Fortunately, creating a website from nothing is easier than ever.
Speed is key in the current climate. Start with a skeleton website so that it can get established and begin gaining traffic, then you can build on it once you have more time.
The most compelling reason to be online right now is to reach your customers, most of whom will be at home. Plus, you can take orders around the clock rather than being limited to opening hours.
We’ll show you how to put together your business website – fast.
Register your small business website’s domain name
The first step is to pin down your domain name.
How do I choose a domain name?
The name should be a true representation of yourself and your business. Web domain registration services tend to have domain name checkers – like this one – that let you see whether a domain name is already in use.
The price you pay is dependent on the provider you go with and which domain name extension (.uk, .co.uk, .me) you choose. Websites ending with .co.uk are

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All non-food retail to shutdown apart from chemists – Boris Johnson

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Boris Johnson has announced a shutdown of all retail apart from food shops and chemists this evening.
The retail shutdown affects tens of thousands of retail businesses across Britain in a bid to stop the rampaging spread of coronavirus.
From now on people will only be allowed to leave their home for shopping for necessities, said Johnson, singling out clothes shops and electrical retailers as non-essential retailers.
The prime minister added that the public will be allowed out for exercise once a day and that police will have the power to intervene where necessary.
Boris Johnson said: “From this evening you must stay at home … at present there are no easy options … in this fight, we can be in no doubt that every one of us is enlisted … the people of this country will rise the challenge”.
>See also: What does the latest Treasury stimulus mean for small business?
Government moves to stop businesses being evicted
The government has stepped in to stop businesses being evicted for non-payment of rent, giving small businesses a three-month lease forfeiture moratorium.
This means that if businesses are unable to pay commercial rent due to the coronavirus shutdown, they will have a

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