Hemel Hempstead MP backs Vanarama's Covid-19 Small Business Support Team

Providing guidance to sole traders, the self-employed and limited companies
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The MP for Hemel Hempstead, Sir Michael Alan Penning, has shown his support for Vanarma's Covid-19 Small Business Support Team during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Covid-19 Small Business Support Team provides free guidance to sole traders, the self-employed and limited companies on how to access the funding available from the government.

Vanarama, the UK’s leading independent commercial and personal vehicle leasing company, is a member of the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) and invests heavily in the training of its dedicated customer service team who will be on hand to help customers navigate the government’s funding opportunities and will continue to deal with customers queries on existing leasing contracts.

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Covid-19 Small Business Support Team

Sir Mike Penning said: “The government has responded quickly and taken unprecedented action in support of small businesses and we need to see financial organisations do the same.

"They need to speed up the approval process, if they don’t, small businesses are going to fail and that’s just not good enough.

“I’m impressed that Vanarama has led the way in providing much needed administrative support to sole traders and small businesses who are struggling to keep their businesses afloat, many of whom maybe daunted by the myriad of forms they need to complete to obtain funding from the banks.”

Andy Alderson, CEO and Founder, Vanarama, said: “There are more than 5 million self-employed people who make up 15% of the UK’s workforce, many of these are van-driving tradespeople who account for a substantial number of our loyal customers.”

“We understand that this is an incredibly stressful time and finding the right government funding can be overwhelming. We pride ourselves in providing industry leading customer service, so, have further invested in training our customer service team so that they can offer sound advice and guide not only our existing clients but other small business owners in these difficult times.”

The free to use service provided by Vanarama can be accessed via Covid-19 Small Business Support Team or by calling 0808 196 3900.