Algorithms for Business and Algorithms for the Self-Employed collections

Algorithms for Business and Algorithms for the Self-Employed collections:

step by step guidelines with explanations,

document templates,

information about business support measures.

Information is provided to entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals in the following ways: 

Uploading to Yandex.disk https://yadi.sk/d/dkM-LvQXdirTcQ?w=1 — the full scope of information from the reference books, broken down by subjects, with document templates and forms attached. Document templates make the entrepreneurs’ operations significantly easier and faster. All the document templates and forms can be downloaded by entrepreneurs or self-employed individuals free of charge. All the links to online resources in the online reference books are active (clickable) making access to the required information a lot easier. 

Telegram channel https://t.me/npa_biz, с informing subscribers about reference books updates. The key regulation changes being announced in a short summary to a Telegram post is very convenient. Entrepreneurs and the self-employed don’t have to track those changes through all the official government portals and other sources anymore. Besides, the latest edition of the collections is always available for download on the Telegram channel. It is important to emphasize that upon publishing the news in the Telegram channel, it will go directly to the reader’s phone in the form of a personal message, which shortens the path of information to the interested audience to one step.

Printed version of the collections”Algorithms for Business» and «Algorithms for Self-Employed». Spreading collections by sending them to public and business organizations, business development associations and other associations of entrepreneurs in Moscow, to Business Service Centers and Public Service Centers «My Documents». Collections are placed in the Headquarters for the protection of business in Moscow and public reception offices of the Headquarters located in the administrations of Moscow districts.

The advantages of this method of spreading information over others (face-to-face consulting, «hot line», etc.) are:

structuring of information on thematic blocks formed as a result of the analysis of entrepreneurs calls to the Headquarters hotline (the collection includes only those that are mostly in demand);

wide audience coverage (not a «point» communication in a «one-on-one» format, but the availability of information on the Internet for all interested);

the ability to place a large amount of multi-format information, convenient for perception (including flowcharts and other various infographics);

promptness of spreading information on changes in regulatory legal acts, adopted support measures, new reviews of the Supreme Court and any other information on a given topic (the collection is regularly updated; more than 100 editions have already been released);

convenient information search by context — saves time and attention of entrepreneurs who are interested in finding answers to their questions as soon as possible;

reduction of social tension ;

audience engagement on official Internet resource;

increase of interested users and expansion of the readership;

real-time tracking of the number of subscribers.

What has been done:

Since March 2020, there has been a significant increase in the number of entrepreneurs appeals to the Business Protection Headquarters in Moscow. Due to the constant need to perform explanatory work and analyze the issues with which entrepreneurs apply to the Headquarters for the protection of business in Moscow, the Headquarters decided to develop a tool for entrepreneurs that allows them to make decisions in the field of rental, labor, credit and other legal relations

The Algorithms for Business collection contains explanations of the norms of legislation related to force majeure circumstances, as well as to impossibility to fulfill obligations.There are conditions listed in regard of changes or termination of contracts due to a significant change in circumstances. Variants for organizing labor relations and instructions for organizing the work of employees, based on the specifics of the company’s activities, are proposed. Recommendations are formulated regarding step-by-step actions of entrepreneurs in connection with the occurrence of force majeure circumstances in contracts and government contracts, labor relations, rent, credit and other legal relations. Also the specified collection lists and explains in detail measures to support entrepreneurs adopted at the federal and Moscow levels. There are proposed options for step-by-step actions of entrepreneurs in the field of real estate lease in relation to property that is privately owned and owned by the city of Moscow, during inspections of small and medium-sized businesses, peculiarities of corporate relations in the conditions of the spread of the new coronavirus infection. The topics of moratorium on bankruptcy in connection with the occurrence of force majeure circumstances, reviews of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on certain issues of judicial practice related to the application of legislation and measures to counter proliferation of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the territory Russian Federation are considered separately. The collection was developed by the Headquarters for the Protection of Business in Moscow in cooperation with the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow, the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the State Institution Small Business of Moscow.

The Algorithms for the Self-Employed collection contains relevant information , which can be useful for self-employed for the implementation of professional activities: information about the rules for registration of self-employed in the system for obtaining digital passes, support measures for self-employed registered as individual entrepreneurs, as well as the specifics of receiving unemployment allowances for de-registered self-employed. Besides, there are explanations on opening an «account/card» to receive funds in order to avoid blocking, information about the features of participation of self-employed in purchases, as well as about aggregators, platforms, marketplaces and other resources that are the source of orders for the self-employed. For each topic, links to regulations, instructions and step-by-step actions are provided. The collection was developed by the Headquarters for Business Protection in Moscow in cooperation with the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development, the Department for Competition Policy, the State Institution Small Business of Moscow, the Employment Center of the City of Moscow, representatives of the self-employed, aggregator sites and employers.