A new 100% government-backed loan has been announced following the 80% government-backed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) announced in March to help businesses weather the storm of COVID-19. The…
Although the Government have announced some help for the self-employed, about a quarter of the UK’s workers who consider themselves as ‘self-employed’ will not be helped in any meaningful way…
The last few weeks feel like months – so much has happened and businesses have gone from ‘business as usual’ to ‘closed for the foreseeable’ within a heartbeat. The government…
A condition of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grant is that employees must be officially furloughed. To do this an employee must be issued with an official statement from their…
PM Boris Johnson has announced at 8:30pm on 23rd March 2020 that all non-essential retail businesses must close immediately to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. In addition the British…
This evening’s press conference brought in a new wave of measures to help businesses and people survive financially through the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the unprecedented measures as…
With most schools across the UK on a full or partial shut down for the foreseeable future we’re left with the majority of parents facing home schooling. Transforming your home…
These are difficult and uncertain times for many small businesses – even some larger businesses are struggling and this pandemic has only just begun. The Government has announced a raft…
On Tuesday 17th March the government announced it was delaying IR35 private sector reform for a period of 12 months in response to the current UK crisis that is COVID-19….
39% of invoices issued by small businesses in 2019 were paid late. And it’s been reported that in 2019 small businesses were spending, on average, more than one working week…