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Apr- 2020 -30 April
Coronavirus treatment hopes push stock markets up, and ‘Spoons to reopen in June
Investors are chirpy this morning amid hopes of a new coronavirus treatment that has been described as promising by the USA’s…
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29 April
The aviation industry is now in very serious trouble
In a sign of just how distressed the aviation industry is, British Airways has announced plans to lay off 30% of…
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28 April
Job support to be wound down, M&S dividend suspended, ventilator production slows, property market halts
Chancellor Rishi Sunack says he will wean the economy off his support schemes in a “gradual” wind-down, to help prevent soaring…
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27 April
Lockdown to persist says Johnson, clergy weigh in on behaviour of corona-corporations
The PM is back at his desk and says the lockdown must continue for the foreseeable future, and it would…
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23 April
Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice
The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go…
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22 April
Will there be coronavirus help for small company directors who are paid by dividend?
The financial plight of limited company directors has been raised by the Tory chairman of the Treasury select committee. Mel…
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6 April
VAT Deferral – What if I can’t get to the office? – MHA MacIntyre Hudson comments
The VAT deferral scheme is automatic but this fact has lulled some businesses into thinking they don’t need to complete…
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4 April
Zoom funerals
The current climate of crisis, lockdown and the Covid-related death toll rising daily, both registered as official stats, and the…
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Mar- 2020 -30 March
The minimum wage increase is about to hit – and it beggars belief
As if to bang the final nail into the coffin himself, we can only assume the Treasury’s top man, chancellor…
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27 March
What we know about furlough leave and the CJRS
HMRC published details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) on 26.3.20 which are available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-for-wage-costs-through-the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme Key points include:…
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