As one of the additional measures to support businesses affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, Rishi Sunak announced last week that HMRC is to step in and pay up to 80% of furloughed staff wages up to a monthly maximum of £2,500 per employee. Initially, this sounded as if HMRC was going to underwrite 80% of…
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COVID 19 – McCleary & Company New Working Arrangements
As a result of government advice and in order to be responsible, we have been forced into changing the way we work during the crisis. Most of our team will be working from home for the foreseeable future, however, as we have a Hosted Server and an internet-based phone system, we will be able to…
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Government support for small businesses if affected by the COVID-19 outbreak
There were a number of reliefs in the recent budget to support small business owners during the present Coronavirus outbreak. We have listed below some of the issues covered in a recent government news item. Statutory sick pay (SSP) The government will bring forward legislation to allow small- and medium-sized businesses and employers to reclaim…
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COVID 19 – Update 19 March 2020
McCleary & Company New Working Arrangements As a result of government advice and in order to be responsible, we have been forced into changing the way we work during the crisis. Most of our team will be working from home for the foreseeable future, however, as we have a Hosted Server and an internet-based phone system,…
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