Monthly Archives: December 2020

Possible crackdown on unfair employment clauses

The following update is copied from a government press release recently issued by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. New proposed measures to allow workers’ greater freedom to find new or additional work were unveiled by Business Secretary Alok Sharma 4 December 2020. In a major win for the UK’s lowest paid workers,…
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What have we learnt from 2020?

To answer this question, we should take a look at a few adjectives that have been used to describe COVID-19’s effects on our personal and business lives. For example, unexpected, unprecedented, disruptive… Prior to the pandemic we assumed that tomorrow would turn out much like yesterday. Many businesses had become accustomed to managing cash flow…
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Newly Self-Employed Support Scheme (Northern Ireland)

The Minister for the Economy has launched the Newly Self-Employed Support Scheme, designed to provide support to newly self-employed individuals (sole traders and those in partnerships) who have been adversely impacted by COVID-19. Full details, together with a link to apply for the scheme can be found here https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/newly-self-employed-support-scheme
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Summary of spending review 2021-22

A summary of the business elements of the recent Spending Review for next year are set out below: Continuing the UK’s recovery from coronavirus The Spending Review has set out the government’s intention to maintain support to protect jobs, businesses and livelihoods, while stimulating the UK’s economic recovery. In the Spending Review the government has…
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