Tempted to lower your prices?
Under normal trading conditions – pre-COVID-19 disruption – every time we sell our goods or services each sale requires that we cover three categories:
The direct
Why a grant is preferable to a loan
The Government has launched a raft of grants and loan guarantee arrangements since the COVID-19 lock-down started last month.
In almost all cases the grants are taxable and
Change to CLBILS for larger concerns
The scope of the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) was expanded by the Chancellor ahead of the scheme launch on 20 April 2020. The scheme enables banks
New government support for England’s fishing industry
The government has announced that more than 1,000 fishing and aquaculture businesses in England will receive direct cash grants through a new fisheries support scheme.
The scheme
New £1.25bn package for innovative firms
The government has announced a new £1.25bn scheme to help innovative firms survive the coronavirus pandemic.
The package is made up of:
£500 million investment fund
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme extended
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced today (17 April 2020) that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended by one month until the end of June.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme update
The government has confirmed a number of important of announcements regarding the eligibility requirements for using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the opening of the
What is overtrading?
Once the present lock-down is eased, those businesses that have manged to weather the disruption will be eager to start selling.
Sales will be the indicator that receives the most
Cost v investment?
There is a temptation to treat expenditure as a cost. The Cambridge Online dictionary defines cost as:
“The amount of money needed to buy, do, or make something”
What
Employees that can be furloughed
As we have written about previously, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) provides significant government support to allow employers to furlough employees and apply for a