The government have created a new ‘support finder’ which will help businesses and self-employed find out what financial support is available to you during the coronavirus pandemic. It will take under 1 minute to complete and will signpost you to … Continued
The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is open for applications. It supports a wide range of business finance products, including term loans, overdrafts, invoice finance and asset finance facilities and can provide facilities of up to £5m for smaller businesses … Continued
It’s now 5 weeks since the government forced the closure of Britain’s pubs. In that time many family brewers who are the pubs’ landlords have done the right thing and cancelled rent. Unfortunately, some of the bigger pub operating companies … Continued
HMRC have updated their guidance around the Self-employed Income support Scheme. The updates include: 1. Detail of the treatment of losses, averaging and multiple trades 2. Clarifications on the calculation of self-employed profits and what is meant by total income … Continued
Dear Forum members, First of all I hope you are all keeping fit and well through this very unusual time. We are doing our best to keep members well informed and up-to-date with things as this is a very fluid … Continued
The Pensions Regulator has released new guidance for employers. It covers questions around auto-enrolment, for example should you continue paying pension contributions? What if staff want to opt-out or reduce their contributions? It also covers how pensions may be affected … Continued
HMRC understand COVID-19 is creating difficult times for all. Therefore, they are are giving businesses more time to place digital links between all parts of their functional compatible software. All businesses now have until their first VAT return period starting … Continued
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Alok Sharma, has written a letter to those of you who work in the manufacturing and retail sectors. Please use the links below to download the letters. Letter to … Continued