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By Donal Laverty, Consulting Partner  Any chairperson will tell you that the success of their role depends on how they walk the tightrope of being too involved or too distant in the realisation of the organisation’s strategy. Yet when a crisis such as the current...

Applications to the NI Micro-business Hardship Fund will close on Friday. This fund aims to support Northern Ireland based micro-businesses and social enterprises unable to access other regional and national COVID-19 support measures. Up to £10,000 will be available...

Ahead of the Wednesday (10th June) cut off, all employers must ensure they have placed all of those employees and qualifying workers on furlough leave that they wish to claim JRS for. We would also urge all employers to take the following steps: 1. Revisit your...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a series of changes to the Government's furlough scheme at the weekend, including workers being able to go back part-time. From Wednesday 1st July, businesses using the Government's furlough scheme will be able to bring furloughed...

The Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) has been extended, enabling individuals to make a second and final grant claim in August 2020. Tax Director Angela Keery looks at the latest announcement. This extension is welcome, and gives some additional security...

We  talk to Restructuring and Insolvency Manager, Colin Whyte, about how he is finding working from home and lockdown life. “Working from home has had its challenges, but it’s certainly had its highlights. Being able to enjoy lunch in the garden with my two children...

The online Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will be launched on 26 May.  Through this, small and medium-sized employers can recover Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) payments they have made to their employees due to COVID-19-related absence. The key points of the...

Tax Director Angela Keery looks at the newly published protocol. Whilst most of us have had our attention focused on Covid19, time has been ticking down on the Brexit transition period to 31 December 2020. This week has seen a few key developments,  including the...

The UK government has published an update on workers’ entitlement to holiday and holiday pay during the coronavirus pandemic with some further clarity on whether an employer can require a worker to take holiday whilst on furlough. Whilst the guidance is not legally...

Further details on the fund to support micro-businesses and social enterprises unable to access other regional and national COVID-19 support measures have been announced. £40 million is available through the fund, which is administered by Invest NI on behalf of the...

Whilst Government advice is still to work from home where you can, we are all having to adjust to new surroundings. In an attempt to make working from home as easy as possible, a new temporary tax and National Insurance exemption has been announced, to allow employers...

This week we caught up with Tax Manager Chris Bradley to find out how he has found the past few weeks of lockdown life. “The last few weeks have definitely been a learning curve, but a good one. We have a baby at home, he isn’t even a year old yet, and he’s been very...