Entries by Abby Hawkins

The Chancellor’s latest mini-budget

  Hawkins & Co’s quick overview of changes that will impact both large and small UK businesses in the up and coming months.   As you are probably aware, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP announced the mini-Budget last Friday. The changes will impact both large and small businesses in […]

Self Employment Income Support Grant

HMRC have released an online eligibility checker for self employed individuals to use to check if they will be eligible to claim the Self Employed Income Support Grant and it will even tell you when you will be able to log in and make a claim! All you will need is your UTR (Unique Tax […]

Job Retention Scheme 80% pay for employees

EmployeesAll small employers will be able to access financial support from the government in the form of the Job retention scheme, to continue paying part of their employees’ salary. This could be either because the work that person does is not viable any more, for the time of the crisis, or because the business cannot […]

Help announced for Self-Employed

Latest in help for Self Employed announced! Direct cash grant of 80% of their profits, up to £2,500 per month Rishi Sunak has has announced plans that will see the self-employed receive up to £2,500 per month in grants for at least 3 months covering March, April and May and this money will be paid […]

Job Retention Scheme – 80% Pay for employees

All small employers will be able to access financial support from the government in the form of the Job retention scheme, to continue paying part of their employees’ salary. This could be either because the work that person does is not viable any more, for the time of the crisis, or because the business cannot […]

Latest in help for Self Employed announced!

🦠Latest in help for Self Employed announced!🦠 Direct cash grant of 80% of their profits, up to £2,500 per month Rishi Sunak has has announced plans that will see the self-employed receive up to £2,500 per month in grants for at least 3 months covering March, April and May and this money will be paid […]

Support for businesses that pay little or no business rates

🦠Support for businesses that pay little or no business rates🦠 The government will provide additional Small Business Grant Scheme funding for local authorities to support small businesses that already pay little or no business rates because of small business rate relief (SBBR), rural rate relief (RRR) and tapered relief. This will provide a one-off grant […]

COVID-19: support for businesses

With new information being released daily, we are doing our best to keep up to date with key points for you, I know all of our clients are keen to find out more about how the government will be helping you as small businesses and self employed individuals, were going to do a series of […]

Support for businesses through deferring VAT and Income Tax payments

Support for businesses through deferring VAT and Income Tax payments This is the latest measure the government have announced in its Coronavirus Business rescue Package and will come as welcome news for many businesses. HMRC have announced that they will be deferring VAT payments and Income tax payments for all VAT registered UK businesses. For […]