England is currently in a national lockdown, which will end just after midnight on Wednesday 2 December. At the end of the lockdown period, the whole of Essex, including Chelmsford, will be in Tier 2. You can find out what this means and get other useful information on our coronavirus updates page.

The Chancellor announced extra help for some businesses in his Budget. We have already posted the business rate bills for 2020/21, but we have published some advice to help you.