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Government tackles late payment to small firms
- January 19, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
No CommentsThe Government has announced an overhaul of the Prompt Payment Code (PPC).
Under the new reforms, companies that have signed up to the PPC will be obliged to pay small businesses within 30 days –
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Rights to regenerate
- January 18, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
We will soon have the rights to turn derelict buildings into homes and community assets. In a recent press release the Ministry of Housing said:
The public will be able to convert vacant plots of
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CJRS guidance on who can be furloughed
- January 14, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
HMRC’s guidance on which employees can be placed on furlough using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been updated. The scheme will continue until at least 30 April 2021.
The updated guidance
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Testing for international arrivals
- January 12, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
Passengers arriving from all international destinations will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result before departing for England to help protect against new strains of coronavirus
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Apply for the new Global Health Insurance Card
- January 12, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
UK residents can now apply for the new UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC).
Under Britain’s new agreement with the EU, UK residents’ rights to emergency and medically necessary healthcare will
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Repaying furlough grants if overclaimed
- January 7, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
Any business that has overclaimed a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grant must pay back the overpayment to HMRC. The rules outlined below for paying HMRC back an overclaim also applies to
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Income Tax charge to recover CJRS overclaims
- January 7, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
Employers should notify HMRC if they have received a CJRS payment to which they are not entitled and pay back any amounts of CJRS grants claimed in error. By paying back any amounts they were not
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Lock-down 3 – business considerations
- January 5, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
It’s official. We are in lock-down 3 in England, Scotland following suit and the other regions expected to enforce similar restrictions.
It is evident that any freeing impact of the vaccine roll-outs -
Time to revisit solvency
- January 5, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
If you have managed to retain profits in your business this fat-on-the-bone will help to see you through loss making periods as we endeavour to emerge from COVID disruption, hopefully, later this
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£4.6 billion lockdown grants announced
- January 5, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Business Support
Following a rapid rise in COVID infections, from today 5th January 2021, England has been placed into a new lockdown. Following this the Chancellor has announced £4.6 billion of new lockdown grants to