Witnessing wills remotely
A statutory instrument will be issued September 2020 that will legitimise the witnessing of wills by video conferencing methods. This extension to the witness process will apply
Which video conferencing software?
The process of choosing a video conference solution for your practice can be a little hit and miss due to the variety of solutions on offer. Practitioners have adopted the use of
Vehicles parked on pavements
An ongoing issue for motorists is the need to have two tyres on the pavement to avoid unduly restricting road space for wider vehicles and emergency services in narrow
Travel to EU after 1 January 2021
A reminder, if one was needed, is that we seem to be heading for a no-deal Brexit from 1 January 2021. One of the issues we will all have to confront is the raft of regulation that
Problems booking a driving test?
The driving test online booking service reopened on Friday 21 August and then crashed due to the unexpected demand for places. By 8pm that evening the site had been visited seven
Did you benefit from the Eat Out campaign?
The Eat Out to Help Out scheme to encourage the struggling restaurant sector was announced as part of the Chancellor’s Summer Economic announcements. The scheme was designed to
Support clients with grant aid
At the end of July, the government announced £20m of new grant funding was to be allocated to Growth Hubs, specifically to help smaller businesses that have been negatively
COVID measures – tougher fines announced
The Home Office has announced tougher measures targeting the most serious breaches of social distancing restrictions.
In most cases they will come into effect on Friday 28 August
Banks stand up to be counted
The fifth publication has been released ranking the service quality league table of personal and business current account providers.
For personal and small business customers,
Applications open for second round of self-employed scheme
The second round of the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opened for applications on Monday 17th August. The second and final grant covers the quarter to 31 August