Having listened to the last budget before the Coronavirus impacted on the country and then seen the latest round of treasury support for R&D the Future fund, which again seems aimed at technology firms, it got me thinking about … Continued
The Business which were ignored are now paying the price Background For all the time that I have been involved with the Forum of Private Business, there have been three business sectors that have been a concern, for our members … Continued
The government have created a new ‘support finder’ which will help businesses and self-employed find out what financial support is available to you during the coronavirus pandemic. It will take under 1 minute to complete and will signpost you to … Continued
The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is open for applications. It supports a wide range of business finance products, including term loans, overdrafts, invoice finance and asset finance facilities and can provide facilities of up to £5m for smaller businesses … Continued
It’s now 5 weeks since the government forced the closure of Britain’s pubs. In that time many family brewers who are the pubs’ landlords have done the right thing and cancelled rent. Unfortunately, some of the bigger pub operating companies … Continued
HMRC have updated their guidance around the Self-employed Income support Scheme. The updates include: 1. Detail of the treatment of losses, averaging and multiple trades 2. Clarifications on the calculation of self-employed profits and what is meant by total income … Continued
An update for Forum members We have been very busy as you can imagine over the last few weeks helping individual members with their issues and problems as well as making sure these and the views of our members are … Continued
Dear Forum members, First of all I hope you are all keeping fit and well through this very unusual time. We are doing our best to keep members well informed and up-to-date with things as this is a very fluid … Continued