Yesterday (10/05/2020) parliament debated an amendment to the Finance Bill that would see IR35 reform in the private sector (which was due in April 2020 and has now been deferred…
Support for self employed individuals is available, but not everyone is covered unfortunately. If you use an accountant, your accountant cannot apply for this support on your behalf. So we’ve…
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…
Amongst the tragedy, the changes in how people live, the changes in social norms, the politics and the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is increasingly clear: as a…
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…
“You haven’t been forgotten, we will not leave you behind, and we are all in this together” was the opening and closing statement from Rishi Sunak. While the support package…
The Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) have released their report into the Morse Review and subsequent bungling by HMRC and others.
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…