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10 July 2020

Check which attractions can get reduced VAT rate

A new temporary reduced rate of VAT of 5% was announced on 8 July 2020 for admission to certain attractions. This temporary rate will apply from 15 July 2020 to 12 January 2021. Who this applies to This applies...

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10 July 2020

Coronavirus support for businesses outside government

Public bodies, organisations and charities have produced additional resources that may be useful to employers and employees. This information has been compiled to make accessing it as straightforward as possible. This detailed resource, circulated via government, is there to...

9 July 2020

Beauty salons set to reopen for some services next week

Beauty salons, nail bars, tattoo and massage studios, physical therapy businesses and spas across England will be able to reopen safely from Monday 13 July under new government plans, announced today (9 July). Updated COVID-19 secure guidance sets out the measures...

9 July 2020

Grant provides £19k boost for KJN Automation

Precision engineering business KJN Automation, based in Peckleton, Leicestershire is the first company to secure a Business Growth Grant from the Business Gateway Growth Hub. This investment will enable it to become the UK’s first sole distributor of a...

8 July 2020

Rishi’s Plan for Jobs will help Britain bounce back

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out a ‘Plan for Jobs’ that will spur the UK’s recovery from the Coronavirus outbreak. Delivering his Summer Economic Update in Parliament, the Chancellor announced a package of measures to support jobs in...

7 July 2020

Ventilator Challenge hailed a success

Scientific modelling at the start of the coronavirus crisis predicted that the NHS was going to run out of ventilators, so the Government launched the Ventilator Challenge with a call to arms to manufacturers and medical device companies to...

3 July 2020

Track and Trace data collection guidance

With many businesses reopening tomorrow, government has created guidelines for the new track and trace data collection effort to support the NHS. The requirement to collect this data applies to: Hospitality including pubs, bars and restaurants (it does not...

2 July 2020

Flexible furlough scheme has started

Businesses will have the flexibility to bring furloughed employees back to work part-time now as part of the government’s plan to re-open the UK and kick-start our economy. The government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has so far helped...

1 July 2020

Leicester lockdown areas and postcode checker

On 29 June, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock set out the local action being taken in Leicester following a surge in coronavirus cases in the area. The local councils set out the following areas...