Loans, Grant and Deferrals

• Government extends Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Government-backed loans
• Government launches Bounce Back Loans scheme for small businesses
• Chancellor announces grants worth up to £9,000 for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors
• New Bounce Back Loans have banks preparing for a wave of applications
• COVID-19: Business loans to reach five times more than last year
• COVID-19: National Audit Office warns up to 60 per cent of Bounce Back Loans may not be paid back

Fraud

• Banks list top 10 Coronavirus scams
• Charities told to “strengthen defences” against fraud

Self-employed

• Government extends Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Government-backed loans
• Third round of Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opens on Monday with tighter eligibility criteria
• Government extends furlough scheme and provides a boost to SEISS
• Latest SEISS grants introduce new qualifying conditions
• Government extends Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Government-backed loans

Charities

• Charity Finance Group offers free membership to small charities affected by Covid-19
• Charities face record demand for services in 2021 despite forecasted fall in revenue
• Government publishes new Covid-19 guidance for charity volunteers
• New “five-minute guides” to help trustees steer charity through pandemic
• Charities forced to close during second national lockdown entitled to new financial support

Webinars

• Business valuations at a time of COVID-19
• Business valuations in divorce during the COVID-19 pandemic

Property

• HMRC updates Statutory Residence Test due to COVID-19
• Take advantage of the stamp duty holiday before it’s too late – but buyers beware

Job Retention Scheme & Furloughing

• Important deadlines approach for the furlough scheme
• HMRC’s amended guidance on late furlough claims
• National Lockdown – Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Business Support Update

Milsted Langdon updates

• Government updates self-isolation rules with limited exemptions for 16 sectors
• Budget invests significantly in UK economic recovery after COVID-19, but tax rises are on the horizon, says Milsted Langdon
• Government extends furlough scheme and provides a boost to SEISS
• Government extends Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Government-backed loans
• Government extends further support to businesses affected by COVID-19
• Chancellor expands Job Support Scheme and grants to businesses facing new COVID-19 restrictions

Pension

• COVID-19 causes tax-free lump sum pension withdrawals to plummet