With falling COVID-19 infection rates, a successful vaccination programme and growth returning, anyone could think that the pandemic is over. Yet as we emerge from COVID-19 and we switch the economy back on again, it’s still cold out there. The economy is centre stage...
It seems every big event in Britain leads to a new phrase. 2008 gave us the ‘credit crunch’, 2016 brought us Brexit and now, COVID-19 has delivered the ‘new normal’. But how does the ‘next normal’ affect your business? Great uncertainty When lockdown happened, not...
Stay Safe, Stay Open is offering small businesses in Hertfordshire access to a range of free support which will help you to navigate the changing advice and regulations, update risk assessments to ensure that you continue to trade safely and plan for future success...
The Spending Review drama Late into the night, hunched over their desks and surviving on pizza, Treasury officials are drawing up the Chancellor’s Spending Review for 27 October. Only when the review goes to the printers will they breathe a collective sigh of relief....
“This last year has been a test unlike any other” – those were the words of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak at the Budget back in March. They bring images to mind of NHS hospitals bursting to capacity and people losing loved ones. But they also describe the trials that...
If you are eligible for a fifth grant you will soon hear from HMRC inviting you to claim. The process is the same as with previous SEISS grants the only additional section is where HMRC asks you to input your turnover figures. Information to have ready Your bank...
