Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme… On Friday 20 March the chancellor announced his latest measure as part of a wider attempt to reduce the economic impact of COVID-19. The government is offering support to cover up to 80% of an employee’s wages, where that employee would otherwise have been laid off due to coronavirus. ....
Coping with Coronavirus: A Business Perspective… With the World Health Organisation announcing that Europe is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Prime Minister announcing yesterday that everyone in the UK should avoid “non-essential” travel and contact with others to curb the virus, it seems likely that we will be well into....
BUDGET 2020 UPDATE… The 2020 budget was unusual in more ways than one. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak is both one of the youngest and shortest serving Chancellors to ever deliver a budget, and does so in rather remarkable circumstances, the timing coming in the middle of the global Coronavirus outbreak. Additionally, with the effects....