Quote Originally Posted by AraBrian View Post
Yeah young lad is a self employed tattoo artist and he is the same has not had a penny.I think if he checked it out better he could get some money from some where but he is adamant he can't get any because has not been self employed for that long.He is kind of lucky though because he can do paintings for people and make some money out of that.Think it is crazy that I get more in a week furlough money than you're wife gets a month.It's all a bit crazy and lot of people just seem to get missed out.
aye that was another stipulation, you had to be self employed for so long

us self employed were offered 'bounce back loans' through our business banking but its a loan, it needs paying back, businesses need to be trading they really aren't getting any help

I was a city centre shop owner up til 2 years ago and thank f uck i sold the business when i did as i would never have been able to afford the council rent of £4k a quarter, business rates, stock suppliers etc if the business was not trading, the people who i sold the business to are struggling like f uck now its no wonder so many people are having mental health issues. There genuinely wasn't/isn't enough funding for small businesses and the self employed