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Effect of Covid on Small Businesses – Increased Financial Pressure?

Whilst we await the effect of impending changes to the way we live after 19 July, the Bank of England Report issued this morning stresses there will still be a need to offer support after Covid support is wound down, especially as the current wave continues to spread....

Liquidations and Insolvencies Set to Rise as Covid Business Support Tapered Down?

July 1 has seen major changes to the support given to businesses affected by the Covid19 pandemic. Employers using the furlough scheme will now have to pay increased proportions of staff wages. Employees will still receive still 80%, wages the government paying 70%...

Further Concern about Support Scheme Fraud

Although the government has been praised for the actions taken to support businesses and individuals through the Covid19 pandemic, (there being no real doubt that millions have benefitted), the BBC has today again reported on the scale of fraud and losses perpetrated...

Company registrations and dissolutions

Despite the Covid19 pandemic and its devastating effect on sections of the economy, updated figures released today, 24 June 2021 show that there were 201,820 new company registrations between October – December 2020. This was an increase of almost 46,000 on the same...

Vaccine Review

REVIEW OF ASTRA ZENECA VACCINE USE IN UK. In today’s government briefing on the current vaccination program, quite a...

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Economic Recovery

ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROSPECTS BBC reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now forecasting a stronger...

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