Oct 2, 2020 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
The self-employed and other self-assessment taxpayers can apply online to spread the cost of their tax bills into 12 monthly payments. The online payment plan, announced in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s winter economic plan, allows self-assessment customers to pay tax...
Sep 28, 2020 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
Measures introduced to protect businesses from insolvencies will be extended to give business owners the opportunity for “much-needed breathing space” during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has announced.The Government announced a raft of changes to protect...
Sep 24, 2020 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined a new scheme to protect jobs as the furlough scheme ends this month, as a part of his ‘winter economy plan’.Earlier today (24 September), Sunak announced that the Government will subsidise wages for employees who can work at least...
Sep 24, 2020 | Government Announcements
The Treasury has cancelled this year’s Autumn Budget as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Autumn Budget 2020 was set to take place in November, but was postponed just days after new restrictions were imposed on the UK to try and stop a second wave of coronavirus....
Sep 23, 2020 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
As new coronavirus restrictions come into place, small businesses are calling on the Government for additional financial support.Under the new restrictions, all hospitality venues including pubs, bars and restaurants in England must have a 10pm curfew from tomorrow...