The rules that would have limited the rights of employees in key industries to carry forward any unused annual leave will be delighted by the announcement made two weeks ago. This will mainly apply to workers in key industries such as food and healthcare. Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave…
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COVID-19 – support grants and loans update
This week has seen a flurry of changes to the various government support schemes. We have summarised a few in this article. Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) The HMRC portal – where you formally register your claim - should be live as from 20 April 2020. HMRC have published a “user” guide to the claims…
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Coronavirus: NI £25,000 Grant for Retail, Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism goes live
Applications are now open for the long awaited Retail, Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Grant, so if your business is within these sectors and if you have property with a Rateable Value between £15,001 and £51,000, then you may well be eligible for a £25,000 Grant. We have recorded a video that summarises the criteria and…
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Business rates changes
In England The government will increase the Business Rates retail discount to 100% for one year, expand it to the leisure and hospitality sectors and increase the rates discount for qualifying pubs to £5,000. Taken together with existing small business rate relief (which provides full relief for businesses using a single property with a rateable…
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