by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced that businesses in England that are required to shut because of local interventions will now be able to claim up to £1,500 per property every three weeks. This targeted support is in addition to businesses eligibility for the government’s...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
On 9 September the government announced new measures to attempt to control COVID-19 and keep the number of infections down. The updated Staying alert and safe guidance details these new measures as does the updated Coronavirus FAQ guidance. From Monday 14 September...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorised
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) has added two recent webinar recordings to their SELEP YouTube channel, ‘Supporting Carers in the Workplace’ and ‘Unpicking Apprenticeships Part 1’ and Part 2, covering some of the recent apprenticeship funding too....
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Education Select Committee held a session on the upcoming FE White Paper. A number of witnesses were asked their views on the issue of whether colleges in England should be brought back into public ownership, which is an option being considered by the DfE. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The guidance on bidding for DfE contracts has been updated by adding links on how to effectively bid for government contracts as an SME and how to bid for government contracts as a consortium. The full SME guidance is available here and the consortium guidance is...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has launched a year-long partnership with the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network (YGN) aimed at inspiring and supporting young people into the nuclear industry. The partnership will also encourage educational...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Department for International Trade has announced a series of new measures to support businesses in the consumer and retail industry to export overseas as part of efforts to help the sector recover from COVID-19. The measures include the launch of a new Consumer...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The HMRC has stated that they are not going to set out to try to find employers that have made legitimate mistakes in compiling their furlough claims when applying for the coronavirus job retention scheme, but would be focusing on tackling furlough fraud and abuse of...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published Education at a Glance 2020 which provides information on the state of education around the world, providing data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems. The...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
The National Living Wage was set to increase by 6.2% in April 2021, but the Low Pay Commission believes a rise in April will be unaffordable for many employers and so may advise the government to freeze the planned rise. If the decision goes ahead it would be...
