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With just 11 days to go until the end of the transition period, you can keep up to date by watching a webinar to help prepare your business. You can also access sector-specific webinars about how to prepare your business here. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is hosting a series of free podcasts to help businesses that make, use […] Read more

Legal UPDATED: Family law disputes involving the EU: Guidance for legal professionals from 1 January 2021: Guidance for legal professionals on family law disputes involving the EU from 1 January 2021 has been updated. For more information, click here. Business Services NEW: Cross-border insolvency proceedings with the EU from 1 January 2021: Information has been […] Read more

Importing and Exporting NEW: Bringing goods into Great Britain from outside the UK from 1 January 2021: Guidance has been issued on the allowances which mean that you can bring a certain amount of goods into Great Britain from outside the UK for your own use, without having to pay duty. For more information, click […] Read more

The UK Internal Market Act, which comes into force from 1 January 2021, will protect businesses, jobs and livelihoods by ensuring there are no harmful new barriers to trade between all parts of the UK. This means that from 1 January 2021 businesses can continue to trade seamlessly across all four parts of the UK, […] Read more

There are only two weeks left to get your business ready for new trading rules with Europe, which apply from 1 January 2021. You will no doubt be aware that negotiations on a trade deal are continuing after the UK and EU agreed to go the extra mile to reach an agreement. But regardless of […] Read more

As a response to a rapid rise in infections attributed to the rapid spread of a new variant of COVID-19, tougher restrictions have been introduced for London, large parts of the South East and East of England, with a new Tier 4: ‘Stay at Home’ alert level, that came into force at 00:01 hrs Sunday […] Read more

NEW Guidance Tier 4-Stay at Home: For Guidance on what you can and cannot do in areas with a very rapidly rising level of infections, from 20 December. Tier 1: Medium alert: This page has been updated to reflect introduction of Tier 4 including updated travel, going to work guidance and what you can and […] Read more

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released an advisory relating to compromise of SolarWinds and FireEye. It can be accessed here. SolarWinds, specifically their Orion IT system management platform, has been compromised and may be used for onward attacks against systems connected to the product. An attacker has been able to add a malicious, unauthorised modification to SolarWinds […] Read more

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme   If you have missed the claim deadline: Check the updated section on “If you have missed the claim deadline”. Employers must contact HMRC to ask about submitting a late claim.  Calculate how much you have to pay your furloughed employees for hours on furlough and how much you can claim back: Guidance has been updated with examples of when the […] Read more