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The ‘Self-Employed Income Support Scheme’ is a package of measures to support the UK’s 5 million self-employed workers.   Prime Minister Boris […]

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COVID-19: Government support for the self-employed

Coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting businesses in a number of different ways. Despite government support, many businesses remain particularly concerned about […]

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COVID-19: A guide to unlocking cash from your balance sheet

Many organisations have either a business continuity and/or disaster recovery plan in place. In constructing these plans, leaders tend to […]

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COVID-19: Factoring coronavirus into your business continuity plan

In the March Budget, the Chancellor announced that any business which is in financial distress as a result of coronavirus […]

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COVID-19: Deferring your tax payments with HMRC’s Time to Pay scheme

Coronavirus is very quickly squeezing many SMEs, especially in the leisure and hospitality sectors. Steve Goderski and Peter Hart from […]

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COVID-19: How to protect your cash – pragmatic actions to protect your business

Responding to the potential impact of Coronavirus is top of many businesses’ minds.  It has created concerns and uncertainty for […]

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COVID-19: How to protect your people and your business

After a significant wait (498 days) since the last Budget – not to mention a change of Prime Minister and […]

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Tax Insight: Budget 2020

Many insurance brokers are likely to be affected by new rules for employment status workers hired via an intermediary. The […]

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Broking Business Winter 2019/2020: Beware off-payroll tax changes

Since its introduction in October 2018, the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) is proving more difficult to implement that expected. David […]

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Broking Business Winter 2019/2020: Nearly 18 months on where are we with IDD?

In June 2019 the FCA published its consultation paper CP19/20 ‘Assessing Adequate Financial Resources’. It explains the importance of financial […]

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Broking Business Winter 2019/2020: Why adequate financial resources matter

Even assuming an EU:UK Trade Agreement comes into force on 31 December 2020, the insurance sector is unlikely to benefit. […]

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Broking Business Winter 2019/2020: Taxes after Brexit

The Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) came into effect on 9 December and affects all insurance intermediaries. Samiha Shaikh, […]

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Broking Business Winter 2019/2020: SMCR – It’s here