After a year and a half since it was first introduced, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) is ending today (30 September 2021), says Caroline Rayner of Baines Wilson LLP […]
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Legal update: Coronavirus Job Support Scheme extended
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak has announced that the Job Support Scheme, due to commence on 1 November 2020, will be extended to provide enhanced support for businesses required to close their […]
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Retention Bonus update
HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs have now issued a Treasury Direction and guidance respectively, on the bonus employers can claim for continuing to employ previously furloughed employees as […]
September changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
CHANGES to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme have come into force this month, meaning that employers need to make further contributions with effect from 1 September, says Joanne Holborn of […]
One-in-three businesses are preparing to cut staff
ALMOST a third of businesses expect to cut jobs in the next three months, according to Cumbria Chamber of Commerce. It cites findings from the latest British Chambers’ Quarterly Recruitment Outlook, […]
New Treasury Direction for Flexible Furlough from 1 July
TODAY (26 July, 2020) the Treasury has issued a further direction on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), and a copy can be found here, says Joanne Holborn of Baines Wilson […]
COVID Job Retention scheme extended to end of October 2020
CHANCELLOR reveals details on how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will operate from now until the end of October 2020 says Tom Scaife of Baines Wilson LLP. On Friday 29 […]
Extention of Job Retention scheme – thousands of Cumbrian jobs protected, Chamber says
THE Chancellor’s decision to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until October will protect thousands of jobs in Cumbria, says the county’s Chamber of Commerce. The scheme pays 80 per […]
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Workplace Guidance
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the end of October, says Tom Scaife of Baines Wilson LLP. It will remain in its […]
COVID-19 legal – Business Advice Clinic
JOIN Joanne Holborn and Tom Scaife of Baines Wilson LLP together with Nigel Wilkinson and Andrew Simon from Winander Leisure Limited to learn more about the legal and practical issues […]
COVID-19 – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended to end of June
HM Treasury has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furlough) will be extended to the end of June, says Tom Scaife of Baines Wilson LLP. It was initially due […]
More revisions to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
ON 9 April 2020, HMRC published a third version of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance for employers, says Joanne Holborn of Baines Wilson LLP. There are several changes to […]
Chamber survey shows Cumbrian businesses on the brink of collapse
CUMBRIA’S economy would have imploded within three months had the Government not stepped in to pay salaries, a survey from the county’s Chamber of Commerce reveals. Fifty-one per cent of […]
Legal update – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Furlough Leave – update from Baines Wilson LLP The Government has announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which will allow employers to access support to continue to pay 80% of employees’ […]