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by framerchap32
Wed 27 Jan, 2021 5:53 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Required to close but no Government help!
Replies: 19
Views: 10123

Re: Required to close but no Government help!

Well, would you believe it!. After saying I had contacted my local MP I had a call from the Council Rates Support Team this afternoon saying that they had made a mistake and that they would now be paying me for the pre Xmas lockdown and this current one. What a result and maybe just goes to show its...
by framerchap32
Wed 27 Jan, 2021 5:55 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Required to close but no Government help!
Replies: 19
Views: 10123

Re: Required to close but no Government help!

After many frustrating emails with the council they are standing by the classification of me as a workshop and as my business doesn't have at least 51% of its business being items for sale ie ready made frames, artwork, art supplies etc I do not qualify. I imagine most framers income comes from besp...
by framerchap32
Tue 26 Jan, 2021 11:53 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Required to close but no Government help!
Replies: 19
Views: 10123

Re: Required to close but no Government help!

So despite my complaints the council are upholding their decision and saying that my business needs to be 51% or more retail based eg selling pictures for sale, art supplies, ready made frames etc. I don't do any of those things and am just doing bespoke framing. I wonder if other framers around the...
by framerchap32
Tue 26 Jan, 2021 9:49 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Required to close but no Government help!
Replies: 19
Views: 10123

Re: Required to close but no Government help!

I'm on an industrial estate so admittedly not 'high street' but a bespoke framer mostly for artists and not a contract framer
by framerchap32
Tue 26 Jan, 2021 7:50 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Required to close but no Government help!
Replies: 19
Views: 10123

Required to close but no Government help!

So, as a picture framer with a premises that customers travel to bring work in to me it seems pretty clear that I am required to close to customers visiting my premises but can work with the doors locked . So you would imagine I would be eligible for some local authority government help for business...
by framerchap32
Tue 05 Jan, 2021 6:42 am
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Am I retail orc manufacturing!?
Replies: 11
Views: 6534

Am I retail orc manufacturing!?

I'm reading different stories of framers either closing as they are classed as retail or staying open as they are deemed manufacturers. My council decided I wasn't eligible for any financial help during the last lockdown as my premises is on an industrial estate and was classed as a workshop. Does i...