Rishi Sunak urged to help self-employed company directors
Business groups and experts write to chancellor with workable scheme to help 800,000 company directors excluded from government Covid-19 support
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Business groups and experts write to chancellor with workable scheme to help 800,000 company directors excluded from government Covid-19 support
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Newly self-employed, company directors and part-time self-employed still excluded from third self-employed grant
Small Business Banking
Even though the deadline for the Bounce Back Loan has been extended, thousands of small businesses will still struggle to secure one
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Government set to reintroduce cap on universal credit, bringing self-employed in line with those in full-time work on minimum wage
Tax
First HMRC prepayment deadline for self-employed tax looms in January, based on what freelancers earned pre-Covid
Government Grants
Grants of £2,100 for businesses caught in Tier 2 restrictions, slashed employer contributions to Job Support Scheme and doubling of help for self-employed
Government Grants
Michael Gove says Brexit transition voucher idea will be looked into and requires ‘intense discussions’
Tax
Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
Government Grants
Michael Gove says Brexit transition voucher idea will be looked into and requires ‘intense discussions’
Tax
Government stays silent on whether retail and hospitality business rates holiday will be extended, as 170,000 businesses appeal against rates
Business Loans
High street banks want to outsource collection of Bounce Back Loans gone bad to debt collection agencies
Accounting
New standard form offers SMEs same protection from creditors as big companies who trigger Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs)
News
Tory backbenchers decry plans to hike self-employed national insurance from 9 per cent to 12 per cent
Government Grants
Pubs and restaurants would be forced to shut completely at highest level of mooted three-tier system
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