What should you do if you or your staff are ‘pinged’ by the NHS COVID-19 App? Guidance for employers   It is being reported that there are an increasing number of people being ‘pinged’ by the NHS COVID-19 App.  The terminology ‘pinged’ is referring to when a...

Details of the 5th SEISS Grant A fifth grant covering May 2021 to September 2021 will be open to claims from late July 2021. Full details of the 5th SEISS grant are now available, we explain what has changed below. Level of grants In most respects the rules for the...

Following the First Minister’s announcement, the Restrictions Business Fund Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) and Discretionary based grants for non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure and tourism (NERHLT) sectors has been extended to provide a single top up payment to...

Are you eligible? To make a claim for the third grant your business must have had a new or continuing impact from coronavirus between 1 November 2020 and 29 January 2021, which you reasonably believe will have a significant reduction in your profits. The third taxable...

The Chancellor has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now run until the end of March, with employees receiving 80% of their current salary for hours not worked.  Employers will be asked to cover the costs of Employer National Insurance and...

Lockdown Business Grants, as announced by the Welsh Government, are being administered by individual Local Authorities in Wales.  Each local authority appears to be taking a different approach to the application process for these grants, and we encourage all business...

Do you currently have employees on furlough?  Are you unsure if you can afford for these employees to come back to work next month?  Are you considering making redundancies? As the furlough scheme is coming to an end on 31st October it can be a worrying time for...

What is it? The Job Support Scheme (JSS) is being expanded to provide temporary support to businesses whose premises have been legally required to close as a direct result of Coronavirus restrictions set by one or more of the four governments of the UK. This expansion...

2nd October 2020: The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is being extended, but the scope of the scheme will be narrower and the third and fourth grants less generous. Following the Chancellor’s announcement that the UK’s coronavirus support scheme for the...