COVID-19 information and support for businesses

Use this guide to help you find information and support for your business during the coronavirus pandemic, and see what actions we are taking to support the local economy.

Printable shop notices, guides and risk assessments for businesses

Current guidance on reopening safely is available by sector on the Government webiste.

Previous iterations of the checklist (Jun 2020) are below:

On this page you can find free notices which you can print and display on your premises to help customers to maintain social distancing. Guides and risk assessments can also be found to help you set up your business to operate whilst maintaining social distancing.

The notices and guides are available as PDFs and Word documents below. We hope that the notices will help you to keep your customers informed whilst maintaining a clean and professional look to your shop or takeaway front.

Printable social distancing notices for shopkeepers and takeaways

Shop notice PDF

Checklist for business reopening

We have created a checklist for businesses to help you follow official government advice. It is important that you make your premises COVID-19 secure to protect yourself, your staff and anyone entering your premises (for example customers, contractors, delivery staff, and so on).

The checklist is available in multiple languages below.

Risk assessment

As an employer, you must protect people from harm. This includes taking reasonable steps to protect your workers and others from coronavirus. This is called a risk assessment. This document will help you to ensure a safe working environment for staff and members of the public.

The checklist is available in multiple languages below.

The Health and Safety Executive, the independent regulator of health and safety, have produced lots of useful coronavirus guidance for businesses, including a risk assessment template which may be useful to larger businesses.

Guides on how to maintain social distancing for shops and takeaways

Social distancing guide for shopkeepers

Social distancing guide for takeaways