Amendments made to Coronavirus Business Support Scheme criteria Fri, 15 Jan 2021 Changes have been made to the Circuit Break Lockdown Coronavirus Business Support Scheme to provide support to a greater number of Island businesses and self-employed persons. The revised scheme, based on Scheme introduced in March 2020, was launched yesterday and provides eligible businesses and self-employed persons with a £1,500 grant towards business overheads where they have been adversely affected by the circuit break lockdown measures. The threshold requirement for eligible business overheads has been reduced from £500pcm to £250pcm, and the definition of eligible business overheads has been clarified and broadened. Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan MHK said:‘We are pleased that for the most part, the new scheme has been received positively and that we have already been able to process applications and make the first payments within 24 hours of launching the scheme.