What you and businesses can and cannot do during the outbreak and what happens if you break these new laws. Contents include: General Meeting people indoors Seeing people outside your extended household Face coverings Visiting places Restaurants, cafes, pubs and sale of alcohol Collecting contact information Entertainment Travelling and public transport Shopping and food Close contact services Sport and outdoor activity Moving home Places of worship, marriages and civil partnerships, cemeteries and funerals Obligations on...
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Hospitality businesses in Wales will have to close at 10pm, as new measures are introduced in Wales to prevent a fresh coronavirus crisis. Hospitality businesses will have to provide table service only from Thursday 24 September 2020 and all off-licences, including supermarkets, will have to stop selling alcohol at 10pm. The new measures are part of a package of co-ordinated actions to control the spread of coronavirus, which are being introduced across the UK. They...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has resources to help employers support staff with work-related stress and mental health conditions. Planning, training and support can all reduce pressure and bring stress levels down. The HSE guidance can help you support employee mental health by managing work-related stress. It includes a guide to spotting signs of stress, as well as a link to a downloadable talking tool kit, which can help employers plan conversations with workers...
The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) changes from 1 October 2020. The UK Government will pay 60% of wages up to a cap of £1,875 for the hours the employee is on furlough. Employers will pay ER NICs and pension contributions and top up employees’ wages to ensure they receive 80% of their wages up to a cap of £2,500, for time they are furloughed. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will close on 31 October...
The Welsh Government has produced guidance to help employers and businesses minimise the risk of exposure to coronavirus in workplaces. Including: Introduction Purpose of the guidance General principles Working from home Physical distancing Enforcement Review For further information please visit the GOV.Wales website. Please visit the COVID-19 Support for Business pages for support for your business.
Contact Helo Blod today to order your free bilingual Open/Closed door sign. As well as ordering free lanyards and badges bearing the ‘Iaith Gwaith’ logo (which shows customers that you and/or your staff speak or are learning Welsh), you can now order bilingual Open/Closed signs via the Helo Blod website. To order your free signs, all you need to do is: Log into or create an account on the Helo Blod website by registering with...
The Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) is the largest open-innovation matching event in Asia. The event will also feature the Tokyo Challenge 100 (T-100) Worldwide Startup Collaboration Matching. The T-100 contest invites startups from around the world and selects candidates for collaboration that match new business themes submitted by the 100 major corporations participating in T-100. Overseas startups can participate in Power Matching and T-100 online, enabling them to make their proposals directly to the executive...
The UK government, in collaboration with Innovate UK, recently launched Phase 1 competition of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF). The Phase 1 funding for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, worth up to £30 million, will run until 28 October 2020 and is available in the form of a grant scheme available for: deployment of mature energy efficiency technologies that improve industrial process energy efficiency and reduce energy demand feasibility and engineering studies for projects...
The Welsh Government is further extending measures to protect businesses affected by coronavirus from eviction until the end of 2020. As part of action to support the business community amid continuing hardship due to Covid-19 the moratorium against forfeiture for the non-payment of rent, which was due to end on 30 September, will now run up to and include 31 December, 2020. Rent due should continue to be paid whenever possible, but the latest measure...
HMRC webinars can help you understand what business expenses you can claim. Join the live webinars for the latest information and the chance to ask questions using the on-screen text box. Business expenses for the self-employed Find out what business expenses are, what is and isn’t allowable, and how using simplified expenses can make life easier. Choose a date and time Car expenses for the self-employed If you’re using your own car for business, find...