The SEISS started operating on 13 May 2020 and remains open to eligible UK business owners who wish to apply for their first grant if they haven’t already done so. Eligible business owners have until ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published guidance for self-employed individuals who wish to claim a UK Government grant under the Coronavirus Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). HMRC ...

"The Chancellor's announcement offers a package of support for vast swaths of the self-employed and freelancer community. “This is Keynesian – a new "New Deal" but with self-employed rather than big ...

Business leaders are warning the self-employed face a “total income cliff-edge,” with just a few days until a government support scheme is due to expire. Fears are mounting among struggling freelance ...

The Government's Self-Employment Income Support Scheme will be extended and will pay out another single grant covering three months, the Chancellor has announced today. He also said this will be the ...

“You have not been forgotten,” stressed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, when he addressed the public on March 26. The chancellor spoke directly to the UK's self-employed and freelancing ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined changes to the job retention scheme and self-employed support scheme. "As we reopen the economy, there is broad consensus that the furlough scheme cannot continue ...

The government is facing renewed calls to extend the admissions criteria of its coronavirus-focused income support for the self-employed, now that the second stage of the scheme has gone live. From ...

The Government's Job Support Scheme will be extended and the next self-employed income support grant doubled, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today, while businesses in England affected by 'tier two' ...

The extension of two core government Covid-19 business support schemes has prompted renewed calls for HM Treasury to offer more help to limited company directors as the pandemic continues. The ...