Help to Grow Campaign In the 2021 Budget the government announced two further initiatives to support Companies where they have between 5 and 249 staff. Help to Grow: Management What is it? This June, small businesses will be able to access a 12 week-programme delivered by leading business schools across the UK. The programme will…
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Self Employed Income Support Scheme – New Grants At the Budget it was confirmed that the fourth SEISS grant will be set at 80% of 3 months’ average trading profits, paid out in a single instalment, capped at £7,500. The fourth grant will take into account 2019 to 2020 tax returns and will be open…
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Recovery Loan Scheme The Recovery Loan Scheme is to replace the Coronavirus Business Interruption lOan and the Bounce Back Loan schemes. It ensures businesses of any size can continue to access loans and other kinds of finance up to £10 million per business once the existing COVID-19 loan schemes close, providing support as businesses recover…
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Budget 2021 So today (3rd March 2021) the Chancellor has released his 2021 budget. Here are the details as announced so far with more to come over the next few days. If you prefer your updates by video click the play button below. The Furlough Scheme He has announced that the Job Retention Scheme, otherwise…
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Back in 2019 before any of us had heard of Covid, HMRC announced that they were introducing the Domestic Reverse Charge for VAT and that it would affect everyone in the Construction Industry who is VAT registered. After delaying the introduction of this a couple of times due to Brexit and Covid it has finally…
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The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled some brief plans with regards to extra financial support after yesterday’s lockdown news: – Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors will receive up to £9,000 per property in one-off grants as follows: – £4,000 for businesses with a rateable value of £15,000 or under – £6,000 for…
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Virtual Staff Christmas Parties – The tax break Due to the coronavirus restrictions, many businesses will be unable to host the usual Christmas Party for employees. HMRC have are confirm that the annual parties’ exemption will apply to the costs associated with virtual parties in the same way that it would for traditionally held parties.Therefore,…
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Sick pay for self-isolation during Coronavirus If you are an employer, here is a great article / guidance regarding this courtesy of the ICPA and ACAS As of 13 March 2020, employees and workers who self-isolate must receive any Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) due to them from the first day they’re absent from work if it’s because:…
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VAT or Income Tax Deferred due to Covid 19 and due in January 2021 At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the government gave individuals and businesses the option to defer, until 2021, payments of Income Tax due by 31 July 2020 and VAT due in the period 20 March to 30 June 2020. This…
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Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) – New Guidance for next claim With the scheme now extended HMRC have issued somenew guidance and rules around who can claim, what records must be kept and how to make your claim. If you were not eligible for the first and second grant based on the information in…
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