HM Treasury instructions re CJRS
An updated Treasury Direction under sections 71 and 76 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 concerning the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was published on 12 November 2020. The CJRS was due
Do you need a customs agent?
If your business acquires goods or sells goods to the EU, and you have no import/export trade with non-EU countries you probably have no experience of dealing with the raft of red tape involved in
Those who shout loudest
Many of the business disruption grants that have become available in the last few weeks are being distributed by local authorities. They include support for:
Businesses obliged to close due to
New Furlough Scheme guidance published
The detailed Furlough Scheme rules were updated 10 November 2020.
To use the extended scheme – to 31 March 2021 – the steps that are required are:
Check if you can claim
Check which employees you
Barter your way through COVID disruption
While we wait for the magic-bullets that promise to reduce the impact of COVID – vaccines etc – should we be exploring ways to exchange goods and services with our suppliers and customers?
Barter is
Getting the most out of digital data
One of the great benefits of data stored in an electronic format is that it can be sorted in an endless array of reports. This offers business owners who have invested in accounts software a range of
Uncertainty
While politicians and scientists try and figure out the best way to control COVID, we are left to pick up the pieces and try and salvage what we can of our businesses.
Our economy is built on
Online sales platform
If you sell goods or material that can be sold from the internet, have you considered this form of sales platform for your business?
Providing access for your goods on the internet is a sensible
New national lockdown and changes to business support measures
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson speaking at a press conference on Saturday night, 31 October 2020, confirmed widespread expectations of a second national lockdown in England to help stem the growing
Job Support Scheme for closed businesses
The CJRS or furlough scheme ended on 31 October 2020 and has been replaced by the Job Support Scheme (JSS). This JSS has been designed to help businesses and employees deal with a fresh spike of the
