For updated information surrounding the Coronavirus please check the government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Coronavirus: The Competition and Markets Authority threatens legal action on holiday refunds The Competition and Markets Authority has said that businesses that do not follow consumer law when processing refunds for holidays and weddings cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak could face […]
For updated information surrounding the Coronavirus please check the government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme The UK Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme went live on Monday 20 April 2020. The Chancellor announced last week that the scheme will be extended until the end of June. Initially the scheme to help pay people’s wages […]
For updated information surrounding the Coronavirus please check the government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Remain vigilant to scammers Fraudsters are taking advantage of the current pandemic. Almost £2 million has been lost to Coronavirus-related fraud across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For example, online shopping fraud when someone is conned into paying for protective face masks or […]
For updated information surrounding the Coronavirus please check the government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Nearly a million Universal Credit claims in past two weeks The Department for Work and Pensions said 950,000 successful applications for the payment were made in the past fortnight. They would normally expect 100,000 claims in a two week period. Loans for […]
For updated information surrounding the Coronavirus please check the government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Government Coronavirus text message For the first time, all the UK’s mobile networks are sending out a government message to their customers with details of the new shutdown measures. “GOV.UK CORONAVIRUS ALERT. New rules in force now: you must stay at home. More […]
Budget 2020 Overview Currently employees and the self-employed pay National Insurance contributions once they earn £166 per week. From April, the contributions threshold rises to £183 per week. UK employees already get statutory sick pay if they self-isolate due to coronavirus, even if they do not show symptoms, from day 1. Those who are not […]