Sep 18, 2020 | Current AffairsGovernment Announcements
The Government has announced it is extending a ban on business evictions to the end of this year. Measures were introduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect struggling businesses from being evicted from premises but were due to expire by the end of...
Sep 17, 2020 | Current Affairs
The eat out to help out scheme launched by the Government amid the coronavirus crisis has pushed the UK inflation rate to a five-year low in August as restaurant prices decrease. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), consumer prices (CPI) in August...
Sep 16, 2020 | Current Affairs
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed support for mortgage borrowers who continue to face payment difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week (14 September 2020), the FCA published additional guidance for firms to ensure support for...
Sep 15, 2020 | Current Affairs
HMRC has written to employers who it believes have overclaimed on the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS), demanding they repay payments or face a fine. HMRC revealed 3,000 employers, out of 1.2 million who have applied for the grant during the COVID-19 pacedmic,...
Sep 14, 2020 | Current Affairs
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to "carefully consider" targeted extensions to the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) before the scheme winds down next month. As part of an inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Treasury Select Committee warned...
