On 27th October Rishi Sunak presented his Autumn Budget to parliament. Here we summarise the top 5 announcements that affect small businesses: 1. National Living Wage Will increase next year by 6.6%, to £9.50 an hour from April 2022. This coupled with the new Health...
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Roughly 50% of small businesses fail before their 5th birthday. What a daunting statistic for any new business owner! Obviously there are many reasons that businesses fail, but one of the most common is not making the wisest financial decisions. Most business owners...
More Changes To The Furlough Scheme
Hands up, be honest, how many of you had heard of the word furlough before March 2020? Neither had we! Furlough changes from July onwards: If you are an employer with employees on furlough then take note, more changes are coming over the next few months. Employees...



