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Following the Government enforced closure of holiday caravan parks as part of the national lockdown provisions, the NCC has received numerous contacts from holiday park members asking for guidance on their position, both legally and practically, regarding a holiday caravan owner’s entitlement to the return of pitch fees while the park remains closed and access...

HMRC has published updated guidance on the Self- Employment Support Scheme guidance to clarify eligibility and provide more details of the scheme. Claim a grant through the coronavirus covid-19 self employment income support scheme It has also separately published details of allowable expenses, how to calculate trading profits and clarification that total income includes things...

The DCMS Select Committee has launched an inquiry on the impact of Coronavirus on all sectors under DCMS’s remit (i.e. tourism). In particular, the Committee is interested in finding out: What has been the immediate impact of Covid-19 on your sector? How effectively has the support provided by DCMS, other Government departments and arms-length bodies...

You should make your CJRS claim using the amounts in your payroll – either before or during running payroll. Claims can be backdated to 1 March where employees have already been furloughed. If appropriate, worker’s wages should be reduced to 80% of their salary within your payroll before they’re paid. Click here for more info....

Government introduced its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), for employers to claim wages for employees on temporary leave (‘furloughed’) due to COVID-19. This is a temporary scheme in place for three months, starting from 1st March 2020. The job retention scheme was set up to keep as many workers as possible in employment (albeit on...

The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, has written a letter to those working in manufacturing. In the letter, he says that in this unprecedented time for the UK he wanted to pay tribute for the “work you are doing to keep the UK economy going … our country needs...

Article from ‘Parks Business’ spring 2020 issue, page 10. This is a rapidly evolving situation which the NCC is monitoring carefully. It is critical that members keep under constant review the advice and guidance issued by Government. The NCC is creating a members’ COVID-19 information hub, which will be available online shortly. Business Rates Holiday...

Article from ‘Parks Business’ spring 2020 issue, page 5. Information about the range of business support measures available to UK businesses and employees can be found at www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-businesssupport. The website pages help businesses find out how to access the support, who is eligible, when the schemes open and how to apply. This includes: Coronavirus Business...

The Government is going to extraordinary lengths to support UK businesses and their employees, as we all face our generation’s greatest health and economic challenge. I’m sure all of us are doing whatever we can to maintain viability, both from the virus itself and from the knock-on economic impacts that a prolonged lock-down will have...

The World of Park and Leisure Homes has been postponed until summer (20 August trade day), while Covid-19 pandemic has led HERCMA to cancel the 2020 trade and public caravan shows which were to be held for the first time at Harrogate.