Covid-19 Business Updates Posted by Lituanica on Monday 16th March 2020 Sunday 22nd March 2020

Update 22/03/2020 - Help

The Government has introduced a series of packages to provide support for businesses to deal with the disruption caused by COVID-19.

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  This includes:

  • a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
  • deferring VAT and Income Tax payments
  • a Statutory Sick Pay relief package for SMEs
  • a 12-month business rates holiday for all retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England
  • small business grant funding of £10,000 for all business in receipt of small business rate relief or rural rate relief
  • grant funding of £25,000 for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses with property with a rateable value between £15,000 and £51,000
  • the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank
  • a new lending facility from the Bank of England to help support liquidity among larger firms, helping them bridge coronavirus disruption to their cash flows through loans
  • the HMRC Time To Pay Scheme

  For more information visit www.gov.uk 

Update 21/03/2020 - Business as Usual

We would like to thank you for your continued patience and support by choosing Lituanica as your supplier. The Business Update for 21st March 2020 is as follows:

1. Any orders that were placed from Tuesday 17th March - Thursday 19th March (inclusive) will receive their orders starting from Monday 23rd March.

2. In order to guarantee the supply chain, we will be implementing quantity measures. If you have ordered extra-large orders of specific stock then you may receive a reduced quantity.

3. Orders received from Friday 20th March have not yet been scheduled for delivery. Please check online or email your Account Manager for delivery updates.

Please do not hesitate to contact your Account Manager for help during this time if you need any help.

We would like to reassure you that……

 at Lituanica we are adhering to government guidelines regarding the Coronavirus outbreak and taking every precaution necessary to protect both our employees & customers.

We have enhanced our food safety and hygiene controls, and adhere to strict BRC audit controls.

 We are receiving regular updates from our suppliers in Europe regarding any impact from COVID19.

If you have any concerns or questions please contact us on

020 8591 5599