Coronavirus Bounce Back Loan

The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) opens for applications today (May 4 2020). The Bounce Back Loan scheme helps small and medium-sized businesses to borrow between £2,000 and £50,000.

Eligibility

You can apply for a loan if your business:

  • is based in the UK
  • has been negatively affected by coronavirus
  • was not an ‘undertaking in difficulty’ on 31 December 2019

Who cannot apply

The following businesses are not eligible to apply:

  • banks, insurers and reinsurers (but not insurance brokers)
  • public-sector bodies
  • state-funded primary and secondary schools

If you’re already claiming funding

You cannot apply if you’re already claiming under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).