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
The Pensions Regulator has released new guidance for employers. It covers questions around auto-enrolment, for example should you continue paying pension contributions? What if staff want to opt-out or reduce their contributions? It also covers how pensions may be affected … Continued
HMRC understand COVID-19 is creating difficult times for all. Therefore, they are are giving businesses more time to place digital links between all parts of their functional compatible software. All businesses now have until their first VAT return period starting … Continued
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Alok Sharma, has written a letter to those of you who work in the manufacturing and retail sectors. Please use the links below to download the letters. Letter to … Continued
Driving for Better Business is a government-backed Highways England programme to help employers who operate a fleet of vehicles reduce work-related road risk, costs and advise on legislation. Remember, even if you use just one vehicle for your business, that … Continued