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COVID-19: Furlough scheme portal to be launched on 20 April

HMRC have confirmed that the online service for claiming funding for furloughed employees under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is due to be launched on 20 April 2020 Making a claim Applicants will be able access the system using their current government gateway login. The following information will be required to make a claim: The […]

COVID-19: Re-cap of the VAT and self-assessment payment deferral

VAT The VAT deferral payment applies from 20 March until 30 June 2020 All UK businesses are eligible including non-established businesses registered for VAT in the UK This will generally mean the deferral of one quarter’s VAT: the payment due on 7 April, 7 May or 7 June 2020 or the monthly payments due on […]

COVID-19: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Update Guidance

On the evening of March 26th 2020, the Government released further information on how a claim for wages costs through the scheme can be made.  Full details of the guidance which has been published can be found on the GOV.uk website, link below. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cl… As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch with […]

COVID-19: ‘Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme’

During the 2020 Budget which was held last week, the Chancellor announced that a ‘Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme’ would be available ‘over the coming weeks’. However, due to the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding Covid-19 it has now been announced that this will be brought forward and we can expect the new scheme to become […]

Minimum wage apprenticeships – not plain sailing

A report out in January shows that around 20% of those on apprenticeship schemes are not being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW), while apprenticeships themselves have fallen in number. The figures in the Apprenticeship Pay Survey from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) show the strange anomaly that correct levels of […]

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