Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s statement on Tuesday (12 May) about plans to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Island MP Bob Seely has written to Mr Sunak seeking adjustments that he hopes will help Island businesses.  

MP Bob Seely and IW Council Leader, Dave Stewart have informed Health Ministers they are happy to share their experiences about the app and wider test and trace programme to inform the national roll out of the app.

The Isle of Wight can emerge from the Covid-19 outbreak as a renowned centre of innovation and technological know-how, Island MP Bob Seely believes.

MP Bob Seely has welcomed the early opening of the Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

MP Bob Seely has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, how the extension to the furlough scheme, announced today, will help the Isle of Wight’s devastated visitor and festival economy.

MP Bob Seely has welcomed the latest financial package of support from the Government – this time for zoos and aquariums.

The £14 million fund, announced by the Government last week, will help zoos cover costs relating to animal keeping such as feed, heating and security.

“I am delighted that the Government has announced garden centres can now re-open.

Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely has hailed the Island’s ‘extremely strong’ response to the new contact tracing app and encouraged more people to download it.

MP Bob Seely has welcomed the latest Government announcement of additional support for small businesses, including B&Bs that were previously outside the scope of existing support measures.

MP Bob Seely has welcomed the announcement that the Isle of Wight is to become the first place in the country – and indeed the world – to be offered access to a new contact tracing app to track and trace the prevalence of Covid-19.