WEBINAR: Future of Furlough | 03/06/2020 On Friday, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced details of changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), with further updates planned for the 12th of June.   On Wednesday 3rd of June, Lauren Long from the HPC team will be helping you make sense of these updates and helping… Continue reading →

COVID19 Discretionary Grant Fund for Small Businesses. Earlier last week the government announced an additional discretionary grant fund for small businesses. This grant is aimed to help those businesses which have fallen between the cracks of other grant schemes. This grant mostly targets small businesses with fixed property-related costs who do not qualify for the… Continue reading →

COVID19 | Returning back to work HR FAQs   As businesses start to re-open, businesses will be faced with staffing issues.   Returning to work is likely to be ramped up as guidance changes. The current guidance is still that those who can work from home should continue to do so & those who can’t… Continue reading →

Entrepreneurs Club Online Are you ready for the ease of lockdown measures? How will your employees return to the workplace? Do you want to hear more about the launch of the bounce back loans and the new grant for those who missed out on the £10K Small Business Grant? During the lockdown period, we have… Continue reading →

 WEBINAR: Managing the return to work | 27/05/2020 Although a number of businesses are starting to open their doors once again, there’s still not a great amount of clarity for business owners in terms of next steps for their business, and how long they will be subject to the strict COVID-19 lockdown regulations. Although you… Continue reading →

We’re here to help | Free Workplace Checklist and Action Plan  We appreciate this is a very difficult time for every business in the UK. We are determined to help as many businesses and their employees as possible. That is why we have prepared all of the ways we have been helping our clients and how you can… Continue reading →

We have received further guidance on the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (SSPRS)   The coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme will launch online on the 26th of May.   The scheme will enable employers with fewer than 250 employees to claim coronavirus-related Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Tax agents will also be able to make claims… Continue reading →

Decrypting Boris’s Updates | COVID19 Business Updates   I think like the rest of the nation, you are as confused as us when it comes to Boris’s #COVID19 update this past weekend.   We have decided to try and give a roundup of what information was released for businesses and what you can best do… Continue reading →

HPC Law: COIVD19 Updates, CJRS & Financial Support There has been a number of updates and changes to keep track of this month. We have decided that for this addition of HPC Law we would compile our most prevalent #COVID19 content into one digestible article.   Corona Virus Job Retention Scheme HMRC Payment Updates.  … Continue reading →

Extension of CJRS to end of June Yesterday evening, further Guidance for Employers was published by HMRC https://bit.ly/3ewlct0 confirming the Chancellor’s earlier announcement https://bit.ly/34PQ5UW that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will now be open for four months from 1 March 2020 (30th June) and may be extended further. This followed concerns that if the… Continue reading →