The Help to Grow Management scheme

The Help to Grow Management scheme

The Help to Grow: Management course is a government backed programme to help business leaders develop their strategic skills, create jobs and boost their business performance.

The 12-week programme

Further change to SEISS 5 legislation

Further change to SEISS 5 legislation

HM Treasury has published a Correction Treasury Direction made under the Coronavirus Act 2020, section 76, which modifies and extends the effect of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

SEISS – more red tape

SEISS – more red tape

Government support to the self-employed through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is due to end on 30 September 2021. A fifth and final grant covering the period May 2021 to September

Turnover defined for 5th SEISS grant

Turnover defined for 5th SEISS grant

HMRC has published new guidance to help the self-employed calculate their turnover for making a claim under the 5th Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant. The final date for making a

No time for head in the sand tactics

No time for head in the sand tactics

Companies that are still claiming the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants, now known as the furlough scheme, will have hard choices to make come the end of September when the present scheme

Holiday update

Holiday update

As lockdown is being eased and opportunity to holiday opens, we felt it might be useful to set out bank holiday dates for the UK regions for the rest of this year.

England and Wales –

Taxing your car

Taxing your car

The instructions to tax your car on the GOV.UK website is reproduced below:

To tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle you will need to use a reference number from:

a recent reminder (V11) or

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