HMRC has announced that it will recover over £1 billion in fraudulently claimed furlough cash over the next two years. More than £60 billion has been claimed in furlough funds by UK employers since the introduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) in...
The G7’s finance ministers have announced a historic international agreement on global tax reform. Finance ministers have held years of discussions and have now agreed to reforms, which they say will see multinationals pay their fair share of tax in the...
The fifth Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant covering May 2021 to September 2021 will open to claims from late July, HMRC has confirmed. To be eligible for the grant, an individual must be self-employed or a member of a partnership. They must have...
It has been confirmed that the temporary Trade Credit Reinsurance (TCR) Scheme will close at the end of June. The scheme has helped struggling supply chain firms secure insurance protection during the pandemic. In a statement, the government and the Association of...
Despite the country still being in lockdown, the UK’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.8% in the three months to March. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) unemployment fell by 0.1% from 4.9% in February. The number of payroll employees...
