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Boss Not So Subtly Forcing Me Back To Work
I have been on furlough during this lockdown due to childcare issues. I had asked to be furloughed part time as I only needed 3 days a week to sort the kids out and I could then work Saturdays too so would be there 3 days out of a 5.5 day week average. Work refused as it is a sales role and they felt that having a part…
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Query around furlough agreement
Hi A company sends a letter 25th March asking for permission to furlough or flexi furlough you. It stipulates 1st April to 31st May 2020 and you sign it. Then 31st March you get a letter stating you’re fully furloughed until 31st May 2020. You get called back full time since 8th May 2020 and do your full contractual 40…
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holiday payments because of coronavirus isolating rules
please forgive if this has come up before ..... i work for a supermarket as a delivery driver so have not had to have time off for any of the lockdowns which i am very grateful for by the way, but what is annoying me is during lockdown 1 and 2 is people from other professions came and worked as drivers because they were…
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Self Employment Grant - back payment?
I have claimed 3 self-employed grants, but due to the pitiful amount I received after only having 1 tax return to be considered, I found a job and started mid-march and will receive my first payment at the end of April. Can I claim the fourth grant which is supposedly a back payment to cover Feb-April as I won't have…
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SEISS 5th Grant Turnover vs. Profit
Hi, I was wonfering if anyone could shine some light on this for me? The criteria for eligibility of the first four grants have been based on a reduction in profits. The 5th grant however will shift towards being based on a reduction of turnover instead. I'm a Carpenter who wasn't eligible for the first 3 grants and who in…
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CouncilTax
Selling a property for a deceased relative in 1st lockdown been told will have to pay full monthly payments for the 3 months of lockdown. Despite estate agents been closed and stay at home order in place and house could be shown to buyers. Anyone else had this problem and advice please
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Forced holidays and furlough
Is it ok for a company to make you use holidays when you don't want to take them, pay you your holiday money then claim furlough for that employee so getting 80% of what they are forcing you to take as a holiday back off the furlough scheme?
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furlough and holidays
I am currently on flexible furlough. My company has requested I only work 50% of my contracted hours. I have been told that I must take 5 days holiday by the
end of April which I am fine with. However I am
being told that I am not allowed to physically take the days off work and I am still
required to work 50% of my…
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Repaying SEISS grants: "Stopped trading" in 2019/2020 Tax Year
I write to inform of one way in which the self employed excluded from C-19 financial support and to ask for your help and advocacy for those in my situation.I'm an owner-operator of a small gardening business. For over 5 years I was working in this trade registered as a sole trader, but incorporated my business in December…
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Furlough
I am returning to work on 12th April. Will I be entitled to furlough payment from 1-12th April?
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Bounceback Loans
The time has come for banks who participated in the scheme to reap what they have sowed I am a big fan of yourself but there is another one man crusader out there fighting for SME's with or without BBL's web site name; info@mrbounceback.com He has posted my letter from Santander Fraud and Disputes Operations(unfortunately…
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Test & Trace Support Scheme to be extended for parents/carers of isolating children.
Afternoon, Would appreciate thoughts on the extension of the Test and Trace support scheme. I’ve read a few news articles stating that the Pensions Minister has now extended it to include a one of payment for parents/carers of children who have been told to isolate. As of today my child’s school has closed due to positive…
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Getting future loans after payment holiday.
Good afternoon, I appreciate everyones situations will vary, but in general has anyone been able to get a small loan after getting a payment holiday. We're planning to get married in the next 1-2 years and have taken a payment holiday on our mortgage and I'm now beginning to wonder will that effect our chances of getting a…
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COVID-19 event rescheduled, am I entitled to a refund?
Good morning everyone, I am new to using this site so please bear with me! Last year I was due to take place in an event with Ultra Events. It was a comedy show, raising money for charity via a justgiving page. Then ticket sales for the events go to Ultra Events (not the charity). The event was cancelled due to the…
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Problem with Vodafone and third-party authorisation
Hello there, As the next of kin of a 72-year-old man with mental health issues, I've been trying to cancel a contract with Vodafone for a Samsung tablet, taken out after pressure from a saleswoman in May 2020. My brother is at present in a psychiatric unit in a Birmingham hospital, being treated for severe depression: he…
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Urgent help/advice needed! HSBC declined my BBL unfairly.
Does anyone have any experience of getting a Bounce Back loan from HSBC as a sole trader with personal account only (post 30th September). I believe HSBC refused
my application for a business Bounce Back Loan in an unfair, unclear
and deceptive way. I was informed I was declined by an email 10th
March, which stated,…
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Boss misusing furlough
This past year I've been working part time with top-up furlough payments to supplement my reduced wage. I was receiving on average £290 a month. Over the last few months I've been working around 20-21 hours a week but noticed on all my payslips that my boss is only paying me for 12 and letting furlough pay the rest, and…
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SEISS intention to continue trading
Hi all, can anyone tell me please how the requirement for intending to continue to trade is measured/enforced? Do you need to be in business for so many months after the grant? Or is it purely about your intentions? I'm eligible for the first time with grants 4 and 5, but even though I do not have plans to close my…
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Wedding Postponed 2020 to June 25th 2021
Hi All, I’m hoping someone can help as our venue doesn’t seem to want to help too much. Our wedding was cancelled last year and relocated to 25th June this year, the only option we where given last year was to rearrange no refunds where ever offered. This date is 4 days after the “final” review, we have requested to change…
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Seiss Grants included as profit?
Does anyone know if the grants claimed will be included as trading profit? If the grants are included this will mean a lot of self employed will lose out as the grants will increase profit meaning 5th grant can’t be claimed by many as won’t show 30% reduction if grants are included in trading profit total. Anyone shed…
