The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has announced significant changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, now commonly referred to as the furlough scheme. The scheme had been due to run until at least 30 June 2020. The Chancellor has now confirmed to the House of Commons…
Year: 2020
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
There has been considerable commentary in the media about this support initiative as business owners – struggling to cope with the reduction in their cash resources due to the COVID-19 outbreak – are finding it difficult to secure support from their bank. Readers will be…
Latest Government Support Measure - Bounce Back Loan Scheme Announced
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has made a statement to the House of Commons on the government’s economic response to the Coronavirus outbreak. The Chancellor confirmed that the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said that the Coronavirus will (not surprisingly) have significant negative impacts on…
Protecting cash flow – tax payments
It is unlikely that our businesses will be unaffected by the inevitable slow-down in economic activity as the Coronavirus outbreak starts to bite. Maintaining a strict control over your personal and business cash-flow is going to be a key decider in surviving this process. A…
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Employers have been rightly worried about the cost of funding SSP for employees that are self-isolating or suffering from the COVID-19 virus. Especially as SSP is now due on day one of absences. The Chancellor has now confirmed that he will create a means for…
Changes to Entrepreneurs’ Relief
Prior to 11 March 2020, business owners could sell multiple, qualifying businesses during their lifetime, and as long as the total chargeable gains did not exceed £10m, a reduced rate of Capital Gains Tax of just 10% would apply. Since budget day, 11 March 2020,…
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…
Self-Employed Income Support Scheme
The long-awaited statement from the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak regarding COVID-19 support for the self-employed has been announced. The Chancellor said that the scheme will benefit some 95% of people whose main income source is derived from self-employment. A list of the scheme features as…
COVID-19 Business Support Update - 20 March 2020
On Friday, the Chancellor went significantly further than in the history of this great county, with a series of unprecedented announcements in the Government’s support of businesses, employees and individuals. The range of measures for UK businesses is significant and now includes the following: a…
Support for businesses affected by the Covid-19 outbreak
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, outlined a raft of measures earlier in the week to support the UK’s ailing businesses, those affected by the forbidding COVID-19 outbreak. The list that follows summarises his announcements in the order they were announced: • The Treasury is making available…