Following the UK government’s announcement of a new national lockdown for England in response to the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the recent one-month extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), originally due...more
On 22 October 2020, HM Revenue & Customs released further details on the UK Job Support Scheme (JSS), first announced in September. The JSS will now be scaled up and expanded to further support businesses adversely affected...more
The UK government announced on 9 October 2020 an expansion of the Job Support Scheme (Expanded JSS) to support workers and businesses through the continuing public health crisis. Businesses which are forced to close because...more
The UK government's COVID-19 Recovery Strategy, first published 11 May 2020, is a work in progress. The government’s most recent update is that, from 1 August 2020, employers will be able to exercise their discretion to ask...more
Public Health England and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy recently published the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to assist eligible self-employed individuals affected by COVID-19. This...more