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What type of thermometer?
I was talking to some friends about the virus: signs, symptoms and so on. Some one mentioned a high temperature hitting you very quickly and it suddenly occurred to me my own thermometer gone missing during a house revamp. I need one! I’m in my 70’s, live alone but have family calling every day. What type of thermometer…
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Volunteers During Covid / Special Police Constables
Tax Return Question (Covid) I work for a train company and in the early days of Covid staffing numbers reduced meaning half the staff was sat spare/standby from home and given E-Learning packages to do online. I sat spare from home maybe 5 or 6 shifts. As the PM allowed Special Police Constable's to work to up Policing…
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Council Tax and COVID
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me with a Council Tax issue I'm now having that is related to this COVID crisis we're all having to go through. I receive a single occupancy discount of 25% since my wife moved away with work (100 miles away). She rents a city apartment and pays single occupancy council tax there.…
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Isolation dates
I’m hoping someone can help? I don’t know who else to contact? I was in contact with someone who tested positive on 09/10. I received a test telling me to self isolate and then a follow up phone call. I am obviously doing this but the text and isolation certificate that I have to show my employer and my local council to…
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annual leave being paid as furlough
can anyone tell me, if you are in full time paye work and apply to your employer to take some of your yearly allowance of annual leave, instead of being payed by your employer for your holiday pay , they claim it as furlough ? also can they do the same if they decide to suspend you following an investigation of misconduct…
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Employer ending furlough
If an employee has been furloughed throughout, can the employer tell him to go self employed when furlough ends? If so, what notice is due, and is any redundancy payment due?
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Zero hours contract
Hi all, im trying to understand where my daughter stands with furlough payments. She has been working for everyone active for over a year as a Casual life guard on a zero hours contract. When the lockdown started she was getting wages based on the previous years earning and everything seemed fine. In august she received an…
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Government expands Job Support Scheme and help for self-employed - MSE News
The Government's Job Support Scheme will be made more generous and the next self-employed income support grant will be doubled, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today, while businesses in England affected by 'tier two' restrictions will be given access to new cash grants... Read the full story: 'Government expands Job…
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Business Funding help?
Message Body Good A I run a beauty salon on the west coast of Scotland. Further to a little bit of checking on my part I’ve discovered that I should’ve been eligible for the Argyll and Bute non rate payer grant. I was turned down initially telling me I wasn’t eligible as I was a sole trader and didn’t employ at least one…
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Self employed help
Do I qualify for any help anywhere ? I ran a small limited company up to July 2019 when I closed my business and returned to working as a sole trader, and gave up my office to work from home, in the preparation for retirement. As such, my ltd Co accounts closed at 31/07/2019 and self employed started 01/08/2019. At the…
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Claiming tax relief for main job whilst also self employed
This question is in reference to the MSE blog post: martin-lewis--working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus--claim-p6-wk (sorry it won't let me add the link) Background: I left my old full time job at the end of August, whilst with my old employer from march onwards I had to work from home due to covid closing our offices I…
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Statutory sick and other benefits
I've had to go off work today as my son and I have both come down with a dry cough. I actually feel fine now, but obviously need to self isolate until we get results from this morning's tests. I can't work from home and am only entitled to statutory sick pay when I'm off. My wife is not currently working, so if we do have…
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SEISS repayment/penalty
Has anyone had any experience of declaring an SEISS overpayment or ineligibility? I believe i was entitled (and had a letter saying so). But after making a claim I've had an email saying i have to declare it and pay it back or pay a penalty. I was worried it was scam at first as there is not much information on line about…
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Bounce Back Loan Scheme
I have applied for a loan of £50000 but never received the money. After numerous calls to RBS I finally learned that I applied for £5000 and not £50000. RBS cannot/will not change the application and I have not received any money under the loan. The loan was agreed and accepted without me noticing the typo. I had various…
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storing and washing cloth face coverings
I'm in a bit of a dilemma. Our home is so cold and damp that our clothes get wet if stored in the wardrobes, so all our things are on clothes rails and airers to allow more air to circulate around them. We tumble dry everything at the launderette straight after washing but things still smell and you can see mould stains on…
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Bongos Bingo - Shady Refund Policy
A group of my work friends were due to go to Bongos Bingo on 26/03/2020 but because of coronavirus the venue announced it was shut and Bongos Bingo states they had ‘postponed’ the event. However the new ticket prices are more expensive than the original credit and to rebook the ‘postponed’ event we are all going to have to…
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Job Support Scheme long term agency placement
I am a long term agency placement (rolling contract) at a University. I was not required through the main lockdown and was happy to discover that furlough covered Agency Workers. I was then brought back to work on a part-time furlough basis at the beginning of August. This was still fine by me. With no end in sight of the…
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Nuffield Health Membership (covid related)
So I'm a little disgruntled and not sure the best way to proceed, if there is in fact anything I can do about it. Back in March just before restrictions came in I went in to my local gym and froze the membership for the 3 months (the maximum they would allow), as I am self employed and was not sure if I could afford it due…
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COVID - Working from home costs claim questions
Hi,Regarding the article on MSE about COVID - Working from home costs claim, it says:-"Yet apportioning these costs is tough. So instead you can, in simple terms, claim a rate of £6/week. You can claim more if your costs are higher, but it becomes a much more labour intensive process. There are two ways to do this: *…
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Furlough/ Redundancy pay/ National minimum wage
Hi, I was recently made redundant whilst on furlough. Redundancy pay has been calculated using my furlough pay which I understand was calculated on pay received in 2019. I received the national minimum wage which increased in April 2020, during the furlough period. Should my redundancy be calculated on the increased…
