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We’re in unprecedented times. As the coronavirus continues to impact businesses across the globe, all company owners and directors are needing to act quickly and effectively to best insulate their businesses against the impacts of the pandemic.
The chancellor has announced a number of emergency measures to help businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Bounce Back Loans, Future Fund and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme – you can read more about these, and other measures in our blogs below.
We will continue to bring you the latest news and updates. Check out our blogs below for reaction and advice.
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Chancellor’s latest update: New lockdown grants to support businesses forced to close
A short announcement from the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak this morning confirmed that new lockdown grants will be available for businesses in retail, hospitality and leisure forced to close until at least the middle of February. Following the Prime Minister's announcement...
Chancellor’s latest update: Furlough extended until March 2021
After announcing on Saturday that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (aka the furlough scheme) would operate until 2 December, today, Chancellor Rishi Sunak took everyone a little by surprise and announced an intended extension of furlough until the end of March....
November Furlough claims now open
From today you can submit your furlough claims for the period from 1 November 2020 via the Government's portal. Job Retention Scheme claims for the November period will need to be submitted by 14 December 2020. In a change to the guidelines, all new furlough claims...
Extension of support grants for self-employed
Following on from the announcement at the weekend of the extension to the Job Retention Scheme, the government has now confirmed a similar extension for self-employed individuals. Under the enhanced Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), self-employed...
Join us for a webinar and Q&A: Furlough 2.0
Following the recent announcement by the Chancellor and the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, we’ll be hosting a webinar and Q&A on Thursday 12 November at 2pm, giving a detailed overview of the updates to the furlough scheme, what it means for...
Job Retention Scheme extended to cover new national lockdown
Furlough will continue into November to support businesses through new national lockdown So, as Saturday progressed, what became the worst-kept secret was eventually announced by the Prime Minister on Saturday evening. With the national lockdown measures confirmed,...
Evolve resources
We know that this is a difficult time for business leaders. Our sister company, Evolve, has launched a resource page to support our community with content and advice, to get you and your team motivated and continuing to achieve.
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