How childcare providers can provide care under the new coronavirus childcare assistance scheme. The Childcare Offer for Wales, which provides eligible families with up to 30 hours of government funded early education and childcare for 3 and 4 year olds, is currently closed to new entrants. This is so that the funding can be used to support key workers with their childcare costs and support vulnerable children during the coronavirus pandemic. This funding is provided...
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Following a meeting with the Withdrawal Joint Committee on 12 June 2020, the UK has formally notified the EU that it will neither accept or seek any extension to the Transition Period. Recognising the impact of coronavirus on businesses’ ability to prepare, the UK will introduce the new border controls in three stages up until 1 July 2021. From January 2021: Traders importing standard goods, covering everything from clothes to electronics, will need to prepare...
Furlonteer.com allows charities to find volunteers who can fill vital and diverse roles during this time; it could be anything from digital marketing, fundraising and IT to bookkeeping, HR and business development. A furloughed employee can take part in volunteer work, if they do not provide services to or generate revenue for, or on behalf of their organisation or a linked or associated organisation. ‘Furlonteers’ are matched with volunteer roles based on criteria such as...
Over the summer, KTN’s Nature Inspired Solutions Special Interest Group (NIS SIG) will be hosting a short webinar series to explore how natural mechanisms can inspire design, inform processes and systems and ignite clean growth within the UK. The first session explores the role of nature inspired solutions in transforming the construction industry. By uncovering the underlying mechanisms used in nature, find out how to apply them in the design of new products, processes or...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Open Call for Innovation is looking for innovative ideas to improve the defence and/or security of the UK. Your idea could be a concept, technology or service to address any or specific Innovation Focus Area under the following categories: Emerging Innovations category is for less mature innovations Rapid Impact category is for innovations that are more developed It is expected that some proposals will be relevant to both defence...
Companies House have produced guidance on how to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it. The guidance includes: register for online filing and keep your authentication code safe sign up to their PROOF scheme use their free follow service choose the right correspondence address check website addresses are genuine be aware of scam emails and telephone calls report fraud For further information please visit the GOV.UK website.
The UK Government has announced that transition period will not be extended and controls for importing goods will now apply from July 2021. HMRC has unveiled a new package of measures and funding to accelerate growth of the UK’s customs intermediary sector - including customs brokers, freight forwarders and express parcel operators – to help businesses to import and export their goods by ensuring the necessary customs paperwork has been completed. Applications for the new...
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Companies House may not be able to process paper documents as quickly as they have previously done and have introduced a temporary service to upload documents to Companies House. As this service is updated, it will include more document types and features such as acknowledgments and payments. For further information please visit the GOV.UK website.
The Nuclear Bursary scheme, managed by the National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) provides financial support to individuals for education and training opportunities to help with starting or furthering their professional career in nuclear. The latest round of the Nuclear Bursary has a focus on individuals that have been directly impacted due to Covid-19 by providing financial support to those that have been furloughed or made redundant from a company working in the nuclear sector. The...
The Food Standards Agency have published guidance to support food businesses to reopen safely during COVID-19 after a period of inaction. The guidance includes: a reopening checklist for food businesses planning and preparation for start-up site checks equipment checks ingredient and product checks social distancing measures For further information please visit the FSA website.