In late September, the government announced that a key source of Covid-19 funding for the self employed, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), would be extended to include a third and a fourth grant. Initially, the third grant was set at 20% of the person’s average trade profits but, in a series of announcements made over the course of two weeks, the government significantly increased the amount of support to 80%.

The online portal for applying for the third grant opened on 30 November.