Self Assessment customers should be alert to criminals claiming to be from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). As the department issues thousands of SMS messages and emails as part of its annual Self Assessment tax return push, HMRC is warning customers completing their returns to take care to avoid being caught out by scammers. The annual tax return deadline is on 31 January 2021. Many scams target customers to inform them of a fake ‘tax...
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The Welsh Government have updated their guidance for tourism and hospitality businesses. The guidance aims to help employers, employees and the self-employed working in the tourism and hospitality sectors in Wales to operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and keep visitors safe. Please visit the GOV. Wales website for further information.
The UK Government has announced that health professionals and their family dependants will have their visas extended for a year. The extension will cover healthcare professionals working in the NHS and the independent health and care sector. Their visas will be extended for a year, free of all fees and charges, including the Immigration Health Surcharge. Those benefiting from this extension will need to complete a simple online form to verify their identity; their employers...
HMRC know that some employers pay their employees earlier than usual over the Christmas period, for example the business may close for Christmas and New Year. If you do pay early, please report your normal payment date on your Full Payment Submission (FPS). For example: if you pay on 18 December 2020 but your normal payment date is 31 December 2020, please report the payment date as '31 December 2020'. In this example the FPS...
The date that you can claim VAT refunds has been updated : VAT refunds from EU countries from 1 January 2021: You can continue to use the EU VAT refund system to claim a VAT refund on expenses incurred before 1 January 2021 in EU member states, until 11pm on 31 March 2021. For more information visit the GOV.UK website. UK VAT refunds from 1 January if you’re an EU business: The UK will continue...
Consultation launched aimed at giving Small Business Commissioner more power to support businesses and resolve late payment issues. New proposals have been outlined by the UK Government to ensure small businesses in the UK are paid on time. The consultation seeks views on the merits of: strengthening the Small Business Commissioner’s ability to assist small businesses by providing them with effective mechanisms for redress, in respect of late payments proposed new powers include ordering businesses...
The Christmas season has a big impact on most businesses and employees in the UK. It will be a time when there is likely to be extra demand for products, services and sales in some businesses whilst others may experience a quiet period or may shut for the Christmas holidays. This year, Christmas Day, 25 December 2020, falls on a Friday and as Boxing Day, 26 December 2020, falls on a Saturday a ‘substitute’ weekday...
StoryLab is an open innovation event which funds prototype productions in immersive and next-generation storytelling, linking SMEs with university researchers and large scale organisations. StoryFutures and Roald Dahl Marvellous Children’s Charity have come together to offer creative companies in the StoryFutures’ region the opportunity to collaborate on an Augmented or Mixed Reality R&D prototype to explore how immersive storytelling can improve ‘transition of care’. Creative companies with experience of one of the following areas to...
The Charity Commission, the charity regulator for England and Wales, has launched a new set of simple, easy to understand guides, designed to help trustees run their charities in line with the law. The new guides cover five key aspects of charity management - a ‘core syllabus’ covering the basics that the regulator expects all trustees to be aware of. They explain the basics of: financial oversight achieving a charity’s purposes good decision making addressing...
The transition period ends on 31 December 2020. On 1 January 2021 there will be changes to UK intellectual property law to ensure the smooth departure from EU IP systems. Key information is now available for customers and users of IP about how the IP system and the Intellectual Property Office will operate after the end of the transition period. For further information please visit the GOV.UK website.