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Kickstart: How you can access funding towards wages and strengthen your team
FIS has published a number of articles explaining the government-funded Kickstart scheme which was officially launched on 2 September 2020. The scheme is aimed at helping unemployed young people aged 16-24 get a foothold on the career ladder by funding six-month job...
Updated Trade Credit Insurance Guidance: A vital lifeline for construction
The Construction Leadership Council guidance on trade credit insurance during COVID-19 has been updated to reflect the latest Reinsurance Scheme information. This includes a list of participating insurers and scheme rules. Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) is a vital...
Barbour ABI: UK economy grows by 6.6% in July
The UK economy continued its stronger than expected recovery in July, growing by 6.6% following June’s expansion of 8.7%. The economy has now recovered around half of the lost output between March and May, it remains 11.7% smaller than in February: to put it in...
Venues required by law to record contact details
With the recent move to ban social gatherings of more than six people, it is now mandatory for premises and venues across England to have a system in place to record contact details of their customers, visitors and staff. This is the latest move to break the chains of...
CITB proposes levy rate cut of 50%
CITB has approached the Department for Education (DfE) with its latest Levy Proposals, which will include cutting 2021-22 Levy rates by 50% for all employers. In addition, by raising the Small Business Levy Exemption threshold for employers with wage bills under...
CITB Training Standards and Grant Claims
CITB regularly updates its Training Standards, releasing new ones, deactivating others and creating new grant eligible training (GET) codes for those that have moved from development to full Standards. When making a grant claim it is important to use the correct code...
T Levels help to address the skills gap
T Levels are central to the Government’s plans to improve technical and vocational education and address the skills gap. With content designed by more than 250 employers, these new high-quality technical qualifications follow GCSEs and will deliver a pipeline of young...
CSCS new features added to CourseSight
New training and courses booked through CourseSight will now be automatically added to a CSCS card. Training and courses booked through CourseSight, a product of CSCS IT Partner Reference Point, will now be automatically added to a cardholder’s CSCS card. CourseSight...
All the latest tax updates for our sector
The latest edition of JTC Newsline, publihsed by the Joint Taxation Committee, provides Covid-19 updates including details on the new COVID-19 benefit payment for people self-isolating in high risk areas. HMRC is to start its next phase of compliance activity on the...