By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 13/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 13 November – Guidance for the Charity Sector The Charity Commission has updated its response to the most commonly asked questions about what charities are to do during the coronavirus outbreak. The Charity Commission wants to assure [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 11/11/2020 Data protection and Brexit The UK will become what is known as a ‘third country’ by the EU when the transition period ends on 31 December 2020. This means UK organisations or individuals cannot assume they can continue to [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 11/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 11 November – A Guide to the Extended Job Retention Scheme On 5 November 2020, it was announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was to be extended to 31 March 2021. Generally known as ‘furlough’, an employee can take a period of [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 10/11/2020 COVID-19 update – 10 November – Businesses that can stay open Thanks to our friends at Lincoln Business Improvement Group for highlighting this, we have posted a summary of which businesses can remain open in the current lockdown phase. The second lockdown [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 05/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 5 November – Furlough extended and SEISS and funding increased It isn’t possible to write emails in pencil, but we may have to find a way given the volume of changes in the last four days… Workers across the UK are set to benefit from the increased support [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 05/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 5 November – Changes to universal credit for self-employed extended The minimum income floor used to calculate universal credit payments for the self-employed will remain suspended until April 2021 due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19. In March the government [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 04/11/2020 EMI to continue after Brexit transition HMRC has confirmed that Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes will continue to be available after 31 December 2020 under UK law. In its latest Employment Related Securities Bulletin (37), [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 03/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 3 November – SEISS Grant, Loan Schemes and Future Fund Extension SEISS Increase The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant is being extended from 1 November 2020 and the government will increase support under the third instalment, with people receiving [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 02/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 2 November – Further Economic Support People and businesses will be provided with additional financial support for the next phase of the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. Business premises forced to close in [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, NewsPosted 02/11/2020 COVID-19 Update – 2 November – CJRS being extended until December The Government have announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will continue and be extended until December for all UK businesses. Therefore, it is not closing on 31 October as [...] 0 Read More