To: Rishi Sunak
Micro/Small manufacturing businesses - Please help! They feel abandoned
As with many companies, the one I am referring to has a micro workforce but needs a large working area for their hand made manufacturing. They get no rate relief and took a loan to prepare for Brexit, as the company is vital for export. They have no financial aid to turn to except to furlough half our workforce and really need help. This 13 year old manufacturing business has always slipped though the net of any Government financial aid. Micro Manufacturing companies, that large companies rely on always seem to go unsupported by the Government.
Why is this important?
This company is between a rock and a hard place at present due to Covid 19. They cannot work as they are, indefinitely without help, but can't lockdown completely as they are part of a key industry for medical machines. Unfortunately, this area of the customer base is not enough to cover monthly overheads. The company does not want to let these customers down or the recipients of these invaluable machines but this is not sustainable. They need help, not only to keep going though this but to still be a functional company after, when they will be a part of rebuilding the economy of the businesses that rely on them.
