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A tribunal has recently concluded upon a case in which an employee was dismissed for his refusal to attend the workplace until ‘lockdown had eased’. The claimant had a 7 month old baby and a child with sickle cell disease so deemed removing himself from the workplace an appropriate measure to protect himself and his family from Covid-19.

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Changes to pension annual allowance rates that were announced in this years budget, those who previously opted-out may now consider opting back in.

An East Anglia-based chartered accountancy firm has cemented its national reputation for training and development, after two of its staff members came first and fifth in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England Wales (ICAEW) Professional Stage ACA exams annual Order of Merit across the whole of East Anglia.

While changes to capital tax on business disposal was hot on the press agenda before the Budget, there were no changes announced to the current rates of capital gains tax in the Budget for 2021.

Monday 17^th May is a red-letter day for the entire hospitality sector; it is the day when, finally, restaurants, pubs and cafes can throw open their doors and welcome customers back inside. Whilst those businesses with usable outside space have been partially open for a few weeks now, for most 17^th May marks the return to business after many bleak months of closure.

The fourth Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant is now live and HMRC has set out the penalties for abuse of the scheme.