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Home Improvement & Trade Counter Round-Up

To help our network and installers across the industry, we’ve put together an ‘operational trading’ update on the main retailers and trade counters in home improvement showing availability and details around ordering and deliveries for emergency and key supplies. We’ll be keeping this up to date regularly as things change day to day. Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay…

The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme

The new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme is designed to support the self-employed who have been adversely affected by the Coronavirus, whereby the government will pay a taxable grant worth 80% of their average monthly profits over the last 3 years, up to a maximum of £2,500 a month. The details: The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme is open to any self-employed with income up to £50,000 w…

Support for businesses through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salaries for those employees that would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis. What it means: • HMRC will reimburse 80% of furloughed workers wage costs, up to a cap of £2,500 per month. • HMRC is working urgently to set up a system for reimbursem…

Support for businesses who are paying sick pay to employees

Legislation will be introduced to allow small and medium sized businesses and employers to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid for sickness absence due to COVID-19. The eligibility criteria for the scheme will be as follows: The refund will cover up to 2 weeks’ SSP per eligible employee who has been off work because of COVID-19. The government will refund £94.25 per week, maximum £188.50, t…

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Installer News | Date: March 2020

Home Improvement & Trade Counter Round-Up

The Self-Employed Income Support Scheme

Support for businesses through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Support for businesses who are paying sick pay to employees