The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is changing, from 1 August 2021 to 30 September 2021 (when the scheme closes), the UK Government will pay 60% of employees' usual wages for hours not worked, up to a cap of £1,875. Employers will need to continue to pay the difference, so that they pay furloughed employees at least 80% of their usual wages in total for the hours they do not work, up to a cap of...
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“I don’t believe it” When an employee’s disbelief causes a stir in the workplace, would you know how to respond? Belief is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010. This means that a person cannot be discriminated against because of, or lack of, their belief. In guidance, belief gets grouped together with religion. However, unlike religion, belief is not as clearly defined. This understandably can be a source of confusion for some people. Phrases...
The UK Government are seeking views on the UK’s future regime for the exhaustion of intellectual property rights, which will underpin the UK’s system of parallel trade. “Exhaustion of IP rights” underpins the system of parallel trade. Parallel trade is the import and export of IP-protected goods (for example, anything from books, car parts to medicines) by secondary market actors. The movement of goods on the secondary market is usually on a wholesale/resale basis and...
Future Fund: Breakthrough is £375 million UK-wide programme which encourages private investors to co-invest in high-growth, innovative firms. The programme makes equity co-investments with private sector investors in growth stage R&D-intensive British companies operating in breakthrough technology sectors. The minimum total investment round size is £30 million. The maximum Future Fund: Breakthrough share of an investment round is 30%. It is a separate programme to the now closed Future Fund that provided convertible loans, valued...
HSE’s updated guidance will help you identify poor ventilation in work areas and take practical steps to improve it. This can help reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in your workplace. Updated guidance includes a new video setting out the key advice, and there is information on: identifying poorly ventilated areas and using CO2 monitors improving natural ventilation how to improve mechanical ventilation air cleaning and filtration units ventilation in work vehicles There are also...
On 1 October 2021, the law on allergen labelling for pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) foods will change. This means that any food business selling PPDS foods will have to include full ingredients on the product label with allergenic ingredients emphasised within that list. Also known as ‘Natasha’s Law’, the changes come following the death of teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperouse from an allergic reaction caused by a packaged baguette which, at the time, did not require...
Early Warning is a free National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) service designed to inform your organisation of potential cyber attacks on your network, as soon as possible. The service uses a variety of information feeds from the NCSC, trusted public, commercial and closed sources, which includes several privileged feeds which are not available elsewhere. Early Warning helps organisations investigate cyber attacks on their network by notifying them of malicious activity that has been detected in...
The Green Cymru Challenge Fund is a partnership between Ffilm Cymru Wales and Clwstwr, which will look at innovative and creative ways to cultivate a sustainable screen sector for Wales to research and develop new ways of working in the film and TV industry, with the aim of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The new multidisciplinary innovation fund will look to find solutions to key environmental challenges within the film industry in Wales. Who...
Claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) are now open for pay periods in July 2021. You must submit your claim for July 2021 by 16 August 2021. Here’s a future claim dates reminder: for furlough days in August 2021 submit claim by 14 September 2021 for furlough days in September 2021 submit claim by 14 October 2021 For further information please visit GOV.UK.
The Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) will provide support in the form of cash grants for businesses, social enterprises and charities and associated supply chain businesses that continue to experience a severe negative impact as a result of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. The grants will help meet operating costs (excluding staff wages) for the period 1 July 2021 to 31 August 2021. Applications for the ERF with a turnover of more than £85,000 will close at midday...