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<p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure
sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19
pandemic on those sectors. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
has published guidance for local authorities on eligible properties.</p><p> </p><p>A
range of further measures to support all businesses, including those not eligible
for the business rates holiday, such as wholesalers, has also been made available.
For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help
firms keep people in employment, and the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.</p>
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