During yesterdays update, Rischi Sunak announced that a scheme has been set up to support the UK's self-employed affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. Please see details of this below: This scheme will allow you to claim a taxable grant worth 80% [...]
Markets were slightly up yesterday with the expectation that the US would finally agree their financial package, which they did in the early hours. However, hot on the heels of that the US announced 1000 deaths from Covid 19 so we [...]
Sarah Marrett, our Human Resources Consultant , has provided us with some information below, which some people may find useful. The information provided is designed to provide signposting for employees to help them manage their own finances during the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
Yesterday saw the worst death toll in the UK with 87 confirmed dead by Coronavirus and the first day of lockdown. We have closed the office except for post opening and scanning. As I said yesterday, the phones and emails will [...]
Im sure you all saw last night that Boris Johnson has ordered all non essential shops and offices to close to ensure that we all self isolate and slow the spread of disease. In light of this we will also be [...]
On Friday Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor announced a huge range of financial packages to help businesses large and small and employees in what is now termed a war footing against this hideous disease. He has promised to protect employees wages for [...]
Yesterday we had Boris announcing more and more measures, both monetary and practical. They have said they will do whatever it takes. Markets were positive yesterday and up as I write today. (9.21am) I hear Martin Lewis was offering practical advice [...]
We are living in strange times. People fighting over toilet roll and rice in supermarkets, retail staff being abused when they are just trying to do their job and peoples lifetime investments taking a pounding in the markets. Our job at [...]
Property Funds Close In times of strife commercial bricks and mortar property funds are not the place to be. Yesterday all the funds that were still open closed their doors to investors selling their holdings. According to the press this was [...]
I had a meeting with a client last week who commented that the PruFund ‘defies gravity’. I explained it doesn’t, but so far it hadn’t been affected by the huge losses on the stockmarkets. I also explained that this is not [...]
