Tag: Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS)
REC calls for delay to IR35 reform
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has written to chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak asking him to consider three areas of support in...
Trade body warns of tighter SEISS rules
A freelancer trade body has warned that the rules for claiming the third self-employed coronavirus grant are stricter and more complex than for the...
90k more SEISS applications in October
Official statistics have shown that a further 89,000 claims were received for the second Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant in October.
The total number...
Sunak urged to help excluded entrepreneurs in Spending Review
A consortium of professional bodies has urged chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak to consider proposals for a “directors income support scheme” in his...
New coronavirus support packages branded ‘wasteful’
The improved coronavirus support packages unveiled by chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak last week have been branded “wasteful and badly targeted” by a...
Claims for second SEISS grant already top two million
More than
two million people have already applied for the government’s second
self-employed coronavirus grant, according to recent
official figures.
In May,
chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak announced...
Treasury committee urges government to support freelancers
The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has called on the government to urgently support several categories of worker who have fallen through the...
