Last month, I reported on “Covid Credit,” a project that saw dozens of volunteers from the wider U.K. fintech community build a working prototype to enable freelancers and sole traders to self-certify lost income, in a bid to help the government administer potential compensation. Since then, a U.K. government grant scheme for self-employed has been announced, prompting employees at Countingup to build a handy “Coronavirus Calculator” that lets you see how much support you could be entitled to and help with financial planning. Similarly, for U.K. companies — including startups — that need to furlough employees in a bid for survival, Pento’s team created a “Coronavirus Furlough HMRC Claim Calculator” to help you work out how much will be covered by the U.K. government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for each employee.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/08/move-fast-make-things-uk-fintechs-response-to-the-coronavirus-crisis-continues/