HMRC staff will be able to continue working even if they receive a ping notification that they have been exposed to covid-19 in the latest amendment to self isolation rules

The government will allow important parts of critical industries to carry out daily testing instead of requiring staff to self-isolate to try and reduce the impact of the ‘pingdemic’

The government is on track to spend between £14bn and £17bn less each year on a range of public services from April 2022 than had been earmarked before Covid-19, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

HMRC is still owed £2.7bn in deferred VAT payments from over 150,000 UK businesses who have not yet made arrangements to pay it back 

With the fifth in the series just days away, the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) seems intent on overtaking the Fast and Furious film franchise (which currently stands at nine). This time around, the twists and turns come in the form of a new turnover test which determines how much the applicant is entitled to claim. Stephen Relf, Croner-i explains

The NHS covid-19 app has sent more than half a million, 530,126, contact tracing alerts telling people to isolate in the week to the 7 July which is a 46% rise on the previous week

Companies with more women in top positions performed better than male-run companies by almost 40% and managed to make more money during the 15 months of the covid-19 pandemic

Accounting firm Haines Watts has reported a 3% like-for-like revenue growth for year end 2021

The latest Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) figures show that two million self employed individuals have claimed for the fourth grant

Business confidence has jumped to its highest point since 2005 as firms anticipate the lifting of lockdown restrictions on July 19 reveals latest business trends report by BDO

Over 14.5m people have been supported financially through the furlough scheme or self employed grants since the start of the pandemic, representing more than a third of the working population

The application process for the fifth Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant will depend on details of two years of turnover and losses resulting from the pandemic