Companies receiving tailored Covid-19 support (FOI)

Request

Have any companies received special government support during the Covid crisis over and above the standard published measures? 

Response

In responding to this question, the interpretation of standard published measures includes but is not limited to: 

Co-Funded Payroll Scheme

Fisheries Support Scheme

Visitor Accommodation Support Scheme

Business Disruption Loan Guarantee Scheme 

Change to benefits paid by Customer and Local Services

Social Security and GST deferrals

Only one business has been given tailored support outside of the standard published measures. A loan of £10m has been provided to Blue Islands and is documented in Ministerial Decision MD-TR-2020-0081 ‘Blue Islands Limited: Provision of a Secured Loan’, which is available to view on www.gov.je in the following link:

Blue Islands Limited: Provision of a secured loan

In answering this request, companies has been interpreted to mean businesses that are not otherwise subsidised by, or performing a service wholly or partly for or on behalf of, the Government of Jersey. Examples of such entities would include the CT Plus (trading as Liberty Bus), Jersey Heritage, General Practitioner’s practices or Arms-Length Organisations.