Job Support Scheme The Job Support Scheme is designed to protect viable jobs in businesses who are facing lower demand over the winter months due to Covid-19, to help keep their employees attached to the workforce. The scheme will open on 1 November 2020 and run for 6 months.
This SEISS Grant Extension factsheet explains what is covered by the grant, who is eligible, and how to claim. The SEISS Grant Extension provides critical support to the self-employed.
The following article is from the Vision of Humanity web site Mass emigrations caused by wars are increasingly happening and the affects on the economies of many countries are huge and one way or another affect us all even if it seems they are far away. Covid is now impacting all over the world.
With 100 days to go until the end of the transition period, Maddy Thimont Jack warns the UK is still far from prepared for the realities of life outside the European Union. Casual observers would be forgiven for assuming that Brexit is already done.
The aquaculture sector contributed approximately £885 million to the wider Scottish economy and supported 11,700 jobs in 2018, according to new research. The Marine Scotland commissioned report - Estimation of the Wider Economic Impacts of the Aquaculture Sector in Scotland - estimates the economic impact of aquaculture is widely felt beyond the industry.
As the chancellor prepares to set out his Winter Economy Plan to parliament, this report estimates that Covid-19 is already likely to cost the UK government £317bn - in increased public borrowing - in 2020/21 alone. Any new measures announced by the chancellor will help businesses and households but increase this cost to the public purse.
The Chancellor yesterday set out a timely renewed package of economic support. But with big unemployment increases still on the cards, and design flaws in post-furloughing job support, Britain is on course for a major squeeze on living standards in the months ahead, the Resolution Foundation said today (Friday) in its overnight analysis of the Winter Economy Plan.
A podcast from the Institute for Government. As the COVID outlook worsens dramatically, can Boris Johnson make another six months of restrictions stick? Is Rishi Sunak's new Job Support Scheme just the old furlough in disguise, and will it hold back a tide of autumn job losses? And how prepared are public services for an extended crisis? Special guest Sir David Lidington, former de facto Deputy Prime Minister, explains the consequences of a new near-lockdown for consumer confidence, public health and the Government's stability.
Rhoda Grant MSP is raising her concerns with Scottish Government ministers for the mental health of students following today's ban on socialising with anyone outside of their halls of residence or accommodation. The Labour member for Highlands & Islands said she wants reassurances from the government that it will encourage universities and all those involved in supporting students through this period, to utilise all support available for students who are struggling to cope mentally with social isolation.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 24th) sold 2,927 breeding and store sheep. Breeding ewes (1,515) sold to £127 gross for Cheviots from Carnoch, Strathconon.
Scale and urgency of the situation demands joint working to find solutions. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has tonight written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for urgent four nation talks to continue to drive coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission to the lowest possible level.
Winter Economy Plan speech as delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mr Speaker, Thank you for granting me permission to make this Statement to the House today.
Rishi Sunak unveils government's plan to protect jobs and support businesses over the coming months. central to plan is a new Job Support Scheme and extension of Self Employment Income Support Scheme.
Highland Councillors have commended the Council's ongoing efforts to reduce carbon consumption over the past year. Members have welcomed the information that the Council has saved over 6,000 tonnes of carbon this year.
Residential property transactions rose 15.6% in August following introduction of stamp duty holiday. Rise in sales supports nearly three quarters of a million jobs in the sector - with new homeowners also spending extra cash on decorating, furniture and appliances.
Rhoda Grant and David Stewart, Scottish Labour's MSPs for the Highlands and Islands region have pledged to constituents that they are still here to help and those who wish do to so are able to contact them by mail or over the phone, despite regional offices remaining closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The MSPs were contacted by the consumer campaign, Keep Me Posted, which aims to ensure that consumers who do not have access to the internet or who just prefer to receive bills or mail by post are able to do so, for an assurance that constituents can still contact their MSPs by post.
Statement made to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove. Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.
A further £2.5 billion has been allocated by the Scottish Government in response to coronavirus (COVID-19). The Autumn Budget Revision (ABR) for 2020-21 brings the total committed so far to dealing with the pandemic to more than £6.5 billion.
One of the north Highlands' most iconic hotels is celebrating 65 years as an independent family business this September. Mackays Hotel on Union Street in Wick has been a leading accommodation provider and a cornerstone of local community life in Caithness for over six decades since being purchased by the first family member in 1955, Murray Lamont's maternal grandmother.
Seven community projects are to benefit from over £150k of funding following the Caithness & North Sutherland Fund's latest grant awards. CNSFund Chairperson David Glass said "Our latest grant investments will enable community groups to deliver a wide range of improvements to benefit people living in Caithness & North Sutherland.
