BDO is committed to continuing to serve and support our clients through these unprecedented times.
We are pleased to announce that Business Link Pacific is providing a 100% subsidy for Small to Medium Businesses (SMBs) engage with professional advisors to provide advisory services to address the impacts and develop a business continuity plan (BCP) from the disruptions of the COVID-19 crisis. BDO is an approved Partner and Advisor registered with Business Link Pacific.
The eligibility criteria for the SMB’s as well as the advisory services on offer are explained as follows:
Eligibility
- Eligible clients are small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with 5-50 employees across all sectors.
- The subsidy is open to new and existing SMB clients impacted by COVID-19.
Type of services
- Business continuity planning; contingency planning, mitigation of business interruptions and suspension, off-site relocations, risk management strategies, and alternative business income and diversification.
- Financial planning; cash-flow management, renegotiating finance and loans, long-term financial impact planning, applying for national governments’ or international relief programmes and funding.
- HR impacts on operations; immediate term health and safety, emergency planning, workplace safety; work-from-home strategies, sick-leave, staff continuity and remote working, flexible work arrangements, redundancies and temporary staffing.
- Communications and marketing; crisis communications, business interruptions and customer engagement.
- Business Coaching: Online consultations for SMBs on continuity planning, adaptation and mitigation in the face of COVID-19.
Download our business continuity plan template