Job Retention Scheme Update

Job Retention Scheme Update

The Chancellor has extended the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for four months until the end of October after promising that there will be no “cliff-edge” end to the furlough scheme.The scheme will continue in its current form until the end of July and...
Insights From Our Team: Karen Kirk

Insights From Our Team: Karen Kirk

Here at Baker Tilly Mooney Moore, we, just like thousands of other businesses across Northern Ireland, are getting used to working from home. Here, we catch up with Audit and Accounts Manager, Karen Kirk, about what the last few weeks during the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’...
Microbusiness Hardship Fund Announced

Microbusiness Hardship Fund Announced

A new fund aimed at microbusinesses which require financial support due to the impact of COVID-19 and which have not been able to access the existing government support schemes will be introduced. £40 million has been allocated to the fund and it is expected that...
Self-Employment Income Support Scheme – What To Do Now

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme – What To Do Now

The online service to claim a grant through the Self Employment Income Support Scheme will open on 13 May.  As we have previously advised, the scheme will allow those in Partnerships as well as Sole Traders that have been adversely affected by COVID-19 to claim a...
Coronavirus and the Leadership Challenge

Coronavirus and the Leadership Challenge

by Donal Laverty,  Consulting Partner The technical aspects of COVID-19’s challenges are perhaps the most straight forward – the NHS has re-configured itself, resources (mostly) are being allocated, and increasing amounts of data are being gathered to guide decisions....
Microbusiness Hardship Fund Announced

£10,000 Small Business Grant Scheme Extended

Small businesses that occupy a rental property can now apply for the £10,000 Small Business Support Grant Scheme. The purpose is to benefit the business and not the landlord or managing agent who is responsible for paying the rates. To date 18,508 payments have been...