Sep 8 2020 Celebrating our Payroll team during National Payroll Week Categories: Amber AccountingPayroll With many businesses finding it difficult to keep on top of the frequent, complicated changes to legislation and how payroll is processed, especially in recent months, it can be reassuring to have a reliable payroll team who understand the nuances of your business and are able to provide an accurate, efficient and cost saving payroll more
Aug 10 2020 What you need to know about the Job Retention Bonus Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19 Announced by the Chancellor in the summer statement, the Job Retention Bonus aims to reward employers who successfully bring back furloughed employees and keep them in meaningful employment after the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) ends on 31 October 2020. Employers will be able to claim a one-off payment of £1,000 for every eligible furloughed more
Jul 29 2020 Overview of upcoming changes to CJRS Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll As we mentioned in our previous article, CJRS closed to new entrants on 30 June and flexible furlough was introduced in July. Now, further changes are about to come into force as the Government begin to taper away their contributions from August onwards. Our dedicated payroll team have been advising our clients on what the more
Jun 18 2020 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Flexible Furlough from 1 July Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll As announced on Friday 29 May, flexible furlough, allowing furloughed employees to come back to work part time, will begin from 1 July. HMRC issued in-depth guidance on how the scheme will change from July and we’ve highlighted the main points you need to be aware of in order to make claims moving forward. As more
May 26 2020 The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme is now live Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll The Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme, which repays employers the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid to current or former employees who have been off sick as a result of COVID-19, is now live on the Gov website. You are eligible to use the scheme as an employer if: you’re claiming for an employee who’s eligible more
May 12 2020 The tremendous efforts of our Payroll team Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll We want to take the time to publicly applaud the enormous efforts applied by our dedicated payroll department as they support our clients through the ever-changing landscape of the ongoing pandemic. Along with the usual payroll calculations and processing, done remotely in April while the whole team works from home, our colleagues have worked hard more
Apr 28 2020 How we’ve been supporting our clients, Denvir Marketing Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19EQ News At EQ, we have spent the last month supporting our clients through these turbulent times whilst we, like most other businesses, settle into working from home. We have ensured that our clients continue to be our priority, and that we remain in constant contact to provide relevant advice and support, every step of the way. One more
Apr 10 2020 Payroll – it has never been more important Categories: Amber AccountingCOVID-19Payroll Our specialist payroll team, part of our Amber Accounting department, is currently putting the final procedures in place in order to ensure that we are able to process our clients’ furloughed staff reimbursement. As detailed in our previous article, we understand that HMRC’s portal will be operational from 20 April with payments expected to be made more
