Tax-free childcare is a government scheme to help working parents, including the self-employed. It can be used at the same time as the 15 or 30 hours of free childcare. However, it can’t be used at the same time as childcare vouchers, Universal Credit or tax credits. Childcare Choices...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced billions of pounds in support for businesses during the first lockdown back in March and much of this has since been extended, including both the furlough scheme and grants for the self employed. So, just what financial help is available and how can you get it...
\({{\rm {Entrepre}}}1\) measures whether the interviewed household participates in entrepreneurial behavior and is equal to one when the household is engaged in a self-employed business operation. \({{\rm {Entrepre}}}2\) measures whether the entrepreneurial behavior of entrepreneurial families...
2024 has been a challenging year for the UK tile industry and many businesses facing into the wider RMI (repairs, maintenance and improvement) sector. Following a period of strong growth during the two years after the pandemic, market activity started to decline in 2023 and this momentum acceler...
First, the Index of Digital Financial Inclusion of China, which is jointly formulated by the Institute of Digital Finance of Peking University and Ant Financial Service Group, is employed for the first time to investigate how the ...
The importance of strategic financial leadership in the UK public sector in a time of financial austerity About ACCA ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is the global body for professional accountants. We aim to offer business-relevant, first- choice qualifications to people of...
Furthermore, the MU also highlighted that between 38% and 50% of its members did not qualify for Government help in the initial phases of the pandemic and that even those who did receive money through the SEISS (Self-employed income support scheme) or furlough schemes, wil...
The Board and management monitor the financial performance of the Group on the basis of Alternative Performance Measures (APM), which are non-UK-adopted IAS measures. The APM form the basis of the financial results discussed in this review, which the Board believes assist shareholders in assessing...
The government is spending hundreds of billions of pounds to support businesses, subsidise employee wages and help the UK’s 5m self-employed workers cope with the financial shock of coronavirus. However, many people are falling through the cracks of the various support schemes and are worried how...
Where children are involved, maintenance payments may be required until aged 18, but by then it is usually expected that both sides have sufficient earning capacity to be self-supporting and financially independent. If there are no children and your spouse is employed, future maintenance payments ...