Tenants own business supplying lighting to large scale events?
If Covid19 gets a bad as it has in Italy I’m sure many people will find themselves temporarily out of work or for the self employed, with no income. One of my tenants owns a business supplying lighting to large scale events. As landlords how should we deal with this?
I contacted my tenants yesterday and said if they thought they might have financial difficulties to contact me asap.
Does anyone have a strategy for dealing with this?
I have to say all my tenants are excellent people and worth supporting through difficult times.
Many thanks
Gillian
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Our thoughts extend to all of you in these very difficult times, hope your families are well. Try and distance yourselves as much as possible!