With Amazon dominating the online commerce space and boasting around 285million active customer accounts, it’s hard to imagine a company that can compete with it. That’s exactly what founder Cas Paton is aiming to do with his Dorset-based start-up, OnBuy and when it comes to the US giant, he doesn’t mince his words. In April, … Read more
Small businesses in the hospitality and leisure sector heaved a collective sigh of relief last week after the Chancellor’s multi-billion pound giveaway in his mini-Budget. But business experts warn that more help is needed to support other sectors hit by the coronavirus downturn that are not specifically included in Rishi Sunak’s £30billion rescue package. ‘I’ve … Read more
Social distancing and lockdown restrictions has resulted in people sporting rather interesting hairstyles over the last couple of months. Thousands have gone online to share hilarious quarantine hair style woes, grey roots as well as tips and failures of cutting their own hair. It’s been an uncomfortable few months for those who got their hair … Read more
Yesterday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his summer economic update which set out a ‘Plan for Jobs’ and included benefits to keep the hospitality industry afloat. He announced a package of measures which he said would help to retain jobs and give business the confidence to retain and hire staff. These included: a one off £1,000 Job … Read more
Publicans have slammed the Chancellor’s mini-Budget for failing to help stricken independent public houses and those focused on serving drinks rather than food. Summing up the crisis facing Britain’s pubs, a pressure group forthe sector told This is Money: ‘Yesterday’s VAT cut announcement was great news for the likes of Wetherspoons but awful for independent … Read more
Millions of self-employed workers have been left devastated as they watched Chancellor Rishi Sunak deliver his Summer Statement with bated breath, only to hear nothing about receiving any Covid-19 financial support. An estimated 3million of the UK’s workforce have been left in the cold by exclusions in the support package for the self-employed, say campaigners, … Read more
With people many losing their jobs or in furlough limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s tough to know what’s around the corner. For some, it may be an opportunity to go it alone in business, using expertise, experience and contacts garnered over the years. Job fears could even be the push they need to … Read more
Approximately 230,000 of Britain’s self-employed continue to be excluded from any Government support because they have had trading profits of £50,000 or more in the last three years. Campaigners are calling on the Chancellor to step in and remove their exclusion from the Self Employment Income Support Scheme, when he makes a summer statement to … Read more
The past few months have been some of the most difficult in living memory for Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises. They have seen their incomes disappear overnight and battled to get Government-backed grants and loans. They have had to furlough staff, move sales online and even launch entirely new ventures. Now that restrictions are starting … Read more
Why help everyone but leave out the self-employed who’ve paid lots of tax? SIMON LAMBERT on the hole in Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus rescue By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:21 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 08:23 BST, 2 July 2020 Rishi Sunak proved dauntless in his coronavirus rescue package but for the self-employed there … Read more