Unless a pregnant employee needs adjustments to working conditions for health and safety or pregnancy related reasons, you should treat them the same as any other employees. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance offers simple do's and don'ts for employers to help them ensure they don't discriminate against those who are pregnant or on maternity leave. For further information please visit the EHRC website. The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) updated web pages...
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From 1 January 2022, anyone moving goods between Great Britain (GB) and the European Union (EU) through a Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) border location must be registered to use the GVMS service. See the full guidance on HMRC’s website for how to register. This new requirement does not currently apply to goods moving from the island of Ireland to GB, pre-January 1 arrangements will still apply as discussions on the Northern Ireland Protocol continue...
What is the Police CyberAlarm? The Police CyberAlarm is a free tool to help your business understand and monitor malicious cyber activity. Police CyberAlarm acts as a “CCTV camera” monitoring the traffic seen by your businesses’ connection to the internet. It will detect and provide regular reports of suspected malicious activity, enabling your business to minimise your vulnerabilities. Once you become a Police CyberAlarm member, you install a ‘CyberAlarm Virtual Server’ on your system, which...
HMRC is developing the system for tax checks that will apply to renewals of taxi driver and scrap metal site licences, among others, in England and Wales. The check will be integrated into the licencing application and agents will not be able to complete it on behalf of clients. From April 2022, the renewal of certain licences in the transport and scrap metal sectors will require the applicant to complete a tax check with HMRC...
First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS We can now look more confidently to the future and plan to start gradually removing the alert level two restrictions. We are today setting out a plan to return to alert level zero. As we have done previously, we will start with relaxing protections outdoors. We will make one immediate change – from tomorrow (15 January 2022), the number of people who can be present at outdoor events will rise...
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched the Phase 2: Spring 2022 competition window of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). Phase 2 is worth around £220 million in funding between Autumn 2021 and 2025. Businesses in Wales can now bid for a share of up to £60 million in grant funding through the Phase 2: Spring 2022 competition window. To view the applicant guidance and make an application for funding...
Minister for Climate Change Julie James is urging anyone who has fallen behind in paying rent because of the pandemic to contact their local authority to find out if they can receive financial help to avoid eviction. The call is in a bid to keep people in their homes and close to their social networks to avoid the devastating impact that homelessness can wreak on physical, mental and social wellbeing. First announced in July last...
Full customs controls came into effect on 1 January 2022. If you move goods between Great Britain (GB) and countries in the European Union (EU), you might be affected. If you have a specific question about importing, exporting or customs reliefs call the Customs and International Trade helpline on 0300 322 9434. The helpline is open from 8am to 10pm Monday to Friday and from 8am to 4pm at weekends. You can also send your...
Local Authorities will be delivering a Non Domestic Rates (NDR) linked grant fund to non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure and tourism businesses (NERHLT). There will not be an application process for this element however in order to receive payment businesses will be required to register with their local authority to confirm their details. NDR linked grants will then be paid directly to rate payers as follows: NERHLT businesses in receipt of Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR)...
The Welsh Government is making £15.4 million available to support the arts and cultural sector in Wales during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The additional support, as part of the third round of the Welsh Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund, is being made available for the cultural sector in Wales as it continues to be severely impacted by the Covid pandemic. The fund will specifically support organisations impacted by the recent alert level 2 measures Ministers have...