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Get ready to claim – Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The online claim service for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be launched on GOV.UK on Monday 20 April 2020. Any entity with a UK payroll can apply, including businesses, charities, recruitment agencies and public authorities. To prepare to make your claim you will need: a...
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Guidance
This guidance is to help you prepare to make a claim through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. This is provides information on how and when to access the system with some more information about what you will need to have ready before the system goes live. Important change to the scheme...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Businesses and Employers Bulletin
Coronavirus business support hub A new Coronavirus Business Support Hub is now available at gov.uk/business-support The hub brings together key information for businesses including on funding and support, business closures, your responsibilities as an employer and managing your business during...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Businesses and Employers
Coronavirus (COVID-19): letter to the construction sector Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, haswritten to the UK's construction sector, paying tribute to all those who are working within the industry. The Government has advised that wherever...
E-Learning Cyber Awareness offer from SMI Member, Templar Executives
The entire maritime ecosystem has never been more critical and organisations are having to adjust almost overnight to digital ways of working and keeping their staff safe and businesses running. To enable this, there is a new urgency to bolster cyber security awareness and resiliency quickly and...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Businesses and Employers Bulletin - Self-employment Income Support Scheme Announcement
The UK Government is supporting businesses and their employees through a package of measures during this period of unprecedented disruption. The Business Support website helps businesses find the right support, advice and information to help with the impact of...
SMI member Templar Executives provides home-working advice. E-Learning special offer also being announced this week
In this new world order of working from home, a lot of people will be asked to work remotely for the first time. This will be new to many and unfortunately opens up potential cyber vulnerabilities for companies who are already under pressure. SMI member’s Templar Executives, a Cyber...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Businesses and Employers Bulletin
This bulletin provides information for employers and businesses on Coronavirus (COVID-19). All guidance, information and announcements can be found at GOV.UK. Organisations should pay particular attention to the guidance for employees, employers and businesses which is being updated regularly...
SMI gears up to help members through the COVID-19 crisis
The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) has geared up to assist members through the current COVID-19 crisis. SMI Chief Executive, John Murray, announced: “We have created a special information page on our web site with links to a variety of sources, including on how to access...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Business Readiness Bulletin
This business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries provides important information for you and your business members and networks on Coronavirus (COVID-19). We suggest that organisations providing advice to business continue to...
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