Too good to be true?

Right now, any reference to a return to 2019 trading conditions seems to echo the title of this short article, too good to be true. Common sense tells us that we are unlikely to emerge largely, COVID-free until the end of 2021 and additionally, many traders and...

Sharing costs

Independence is a cultivated concern. We all want to be self-sufficient. In a business environment this might manifest as having a separate Wi-Fi source even though it may be possible to share Wi-Fi with a number of business neighbours and divide the cost between you?...

Export finance for smaller businesses

UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the UK government.  The UKEF helps UK companies by providing insurance to exporters and guarantees to banks to share the risks of providing export finance. In addition, it can...

Furlough extended to end April 2021

During an announcement to Parliament today, 17 December 2020, the Chancellor confirmed the following: An extension of the furlough scheme until the end of April 2021, The date for Budget 2021 has been fixed as 3 March 2021, and Businesses will have until the end...

New Christmas grant for pubs

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced an additional one-off £1,000 Christmas grant for wet-led pubs in tiers 2 and 3 who will miss out on much needed business during the busy Christmas period.  A wet-led pub is a bar which doesn’t...