for the last few days. business owners and managers have been pulling their hair out, being really stressed about what is going on. i think it barely touches the sites of many businesses in london. even retail businesses, rely on this christmas being their golden quarter, which makes up for a bad year. almost a quarter of their revenue comes in this period. £6,000 per premises won t even touch the sides. we need the government to confirm they will be given full business rates relief, 100%. we need the government to confirm there will be furloughed support, because many businesses cannot pay for their staffs wages. we need confirmation from the government that it will be a proper scheme to support there is self isolating, a continuation of the vat discount. these businesses, if they collapse and go bust, its tens of thousands ofjobs being lost. it is far cheaper to invest now, keep these businesses going, rather than going bust.