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SEISS is formally known as the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and has been in place since 2020, but was extended to provide further support. This meant a third and fourth grant have been made available into 2021 to reflect the ongoing nature of the crisis. SEISS three is intended to cover November 2020 to January 2021 with a grant worth 80 percent of a person’s average monthly trading profits.
New grant launched for taxi and private hire drivers affected by pandemic January 18, 2021, 12:05 am
Drivers must be licensed for the period October 9 2020 to at least January 31 this year to be eligible (Jane Barlow/PA)
A new grant will be launched this week for taxi and private hire drivers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Scotland’s local authorities will directly approach an estimated 38,000 drivers inviting them to claim the £1,500 funding to help with their fixed costs.
Drivers must be licensed for the period October 9 2020 to at least January 31 this year to be eligible.
The grant comes on top of support from other funding for loss of income available from the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Public Transport Mitigation Fund and the UK Government’s Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
THE Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was introduced to help self-employed people financially during the coronavirus pandemic. So will the eligibility criteria change for SEISS grant four?