COVID-19 – Business Support – Rishi Sunak Announces the Second Part of a Three-Phase Plan to Secure Economic Recovery
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has delivered his Summer Economic Update which contained a number of policy decisions intended to support the recovery from COVID-19. There were a number of flagship announcements. Under the Job Retention Bonus, the government will introduce a one-off payment of £1,000 to UK employers for every furloughed […]
COVID-19 – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extended To The End of June
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has just announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be available for another month until the end of June. He has also kept the option to further extend the scheme if necessary. Mr Sunak said “With the extension of the coronavirus lockdown measures yesterday, it is the right decision to extend […]