The SEISS started operating on 13 May 2020 and remains open to eligible UK business owners who wish to apply for their first grant if they haven’t already done so. Eligible business owners have until ...

As part of its continued response to the COVID-19 crisis, the UK government has again revised the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS). The SEISS comprises four taxable grants, available for ...

The Government's Job Support Scheme will be extended and the next self-employed income support grant doubled, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today, while businesses in England affected by 'tier two' ...

The Government is to increase the support provided by its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme - with the value of the next three-month grant boost from 40% to 55% of average trading profits. The ...

The government is facing renewed calls to extend the admissions criteria of its coronavirus-focused income support for the self-employed, now that the second stage of the scheme has gone live. From ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined changes to the job retention scheme and self-employed support scheme. "As we reopen the economy, there is broad consensus that the furlough scheme cannot continue ...

Former PM and Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the government's support for self-employed workers was "imperfectly targeted" but "generous" during the pandemic Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, he says ...