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2020 has been a year like no other and so it is hard to believe that the festive season is upon us once again. Normally, Christmas is a time for staff parties and team lunches. However, as we are faced with continuously changing rules on social distancing and...

From today, online applications can be made for the JRS for periods from 1 ‌November.  Claims for November must be made by 14‌‌ ‌December. What’s new in the support available CJRS has been extended to 31 ‌March 2021 for all parts of the UK. From 1 November, the UK...

The Government has announced a further extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as part of its financial support for businesses in light of ongoing nationwide and regional restrictions. The CJRS (or the furlough scheme as it is often called) was due to close...

By Consulting Partner Donal Laverty Covid-19 has fast-tracked our future of work and changed how and where we work. Many of us now find ourselves returning to our homes (if we ever left them) to sit out this new lockdown and return to our kitchen tables and pick up...

The weekend brought the announcement that a four week period of restrictions will start in England on Thursday. As part of the supporting measures, the Job Retention Scheme will be extended throughout the UK in November. Broadly this will operate on the same basis as...

The Stormont Executive announced a new financial support scheme aimed at businesses impacted by lockdowns but not covered in previous funding schemes. The Covid Restrictions Business Support Scheme (CRBSS) – which will open shortly – will support businesses which meet...

The Chancellor has significantly expanded the Job Support Scheme after objections from businesses, particularly those in areas under restrictions (including Northern Ireland) that they are facing massively reduced demand but less support from the government. Under the...

By Donal Laverty, Consulting Partner  The Covid pandemic has generated unique challenges, forcing organisations to respond to unprecedented events at speed. Many are currently focused on short-term survival, responding to ever shifting events and trying to pivot home...

The deadline for the second grant of the Self-Employment Scheme is 19th October, those who have yet to make their submission should do so urgently. In delivering his Winter Economic Statement on 24 September, the Chancellor announced a welcome extension to this...

The latest Construction Sector Report by our colleagues at MHA shows a stark divide in today’s Construction sector, between those who were able to capitalise on the opportunities presented by COVID-19, and those who struggled to finance their way through lock down. To...