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Third SEISS Grant The rules for the third SEISS grant have been further tightened and claimants need to consider the changes carefully before making a claim. Ahead of the portal opening on the 30 [...]

To give small business owners across the UK a unique opportunity to take free Open University business courses, the government backed Start Up Loans scheme has partnered with distance learning [...]

Sets out the local restriction tier system that will be in place from Wednesday 2 December, including what you can and cannot do in each tier. On Thursday 26 November the government will announce [...]

SEISS claimants who have received an email from HMRC querying whether they have continued to trade need to respond by 20 November. In October 2020, HMRC emailed approximately [...]

Where you must make redundancies, you should do so in accordance with the normal rules. This includes giving a notice period and consulting staff before a final decision is reached. For claim [...]

A welcome relief to some businesses as the government announced they are to provide grants for businesses who have been forced to close during the national lockdown. This grant is in addition to [...]

The Charity Commission has updated its response to the most commonly asked questions about what charities are to do during the coronavirus outbreak. The Charity Commission wants to assure [...]

The UK will become what is known as a ‘third country’ by the EU when the transition period ends on 31 December 2020. This means UK organisations or individuals cannot assume they can continue to [...]

On 5 November 2020, it was announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was to be extended to 31 March 2021. Generally known as ‘furlough’, an employee can take a period of [...]

Thanks to our friends at Lincoln Business Improvement Group for highlighting this, we have posted a summary of which businesses can remain open in the current lockdown phase. The second lockdown [...]