A discretionary fund has been set up to accommodate certain small businesses previously outside the scope of the business grant funds scheme. This additional fund is aimed at small businesses with ongoing fixed property-related costs. We are asking local authorities to prioritise businesses in shared spaces, regular market traders, small charity properties that would meet Read more about Government announces top up to local business grant funds scheme[…]

The Business Secretary Alok Sharma and Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government, Simon Clarke spoke to local authorities in England yesterday to set out that up to £617 million would be made available. This is an additional 5% uplift to the £12.33 billion funding previously announced for the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and Read more about Top-up to local business grant funds scheme announced[…]

To help reduce administrative burdens on charities, if a charity event is cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19), HMRC will accept that where a person due a refund decides to donate this to a charity, the requirements of S416 ITA07 are met provided: the individual does not receive a benefit as a result of their donation Read more about Charities can claim gift aid for cancelled tickets for charity events during coronavirus (COVID-19)[…]

HMRC has today opened the portal to Claim for 80% of your employee’s wages plus any employer National Insurance and pension contributions, if you have put them on furlough because of coronavirus (COVID-19). Before you start You’ll need to: check that both you and your furloughed employee can use the scheme work out how much Read more about Claim for wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme[…]