Gov.UK have confirmed a fourth SEISS grant, which will run from February 2021 to April 2021, will be available for self-employed workers. Unfortunately, the Government is yet to provide further details about who can claim and how much help you can get under the fourth grant.
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#WeAreNext: Supporting our Hoddesdon Community – Your Town is close to our heart
Why HB Accountants are are proud to sponsor Your Town and are keen to spread the word about Your Town’s latest campaign #WeAreNext… the seed for Your Town was planted when Founder, Mark White, sent himself an email in 2011 with an idea for a running event that started and finished in his home town, and ours, of Hoddesdon, EN11 Hertfordshire.
Continue readingTurning 100 – it’s our centenary and it’s time to celebrate
1921 – the year that the Duke of Edinburgh was born, tax discs were introduced for cars, and it was the first time that a ‘woman was sawn in half’ in public as part of a magic show.
…and of course, the one and only HB Accountants was founded.
Continue readingConfused about the COVID19 support grants available to you? Check out what is available, if you are eligible and how to apply here
This guide will help you understand the full range of business support measures that have been made available by the Government to help you and your business financially during Covid19. Plus find out how to access the support measures that have been made available (who is eligible) and how to apply.
Continue readingCOVID19: Supreme Court backs small firms over business interruption insurance claims
The insurance industry and consumers throughout the UK have been waiting for today’s ruling since the early days of the COVID19 pandemic – the final ruling on the appeal of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s business interruption case. The Supreme Court livestreamed its judgement today, substantially allowing the FCA’s and the Hiscox Action Group (HAG)’s appeal and dismissing insurers’ appeals.
Continue readingApprenticeships: New talent, new skills, and lots of business value
Businesses need people with the right skill sets; talented people now and talent in the pipeline for succession planning. These people are not always easy to find, particularly at the time that they are needed. Here’s a potential solution: grow your own via the often overlooked Apprenticeship Scheme.
Continue readingNew one-off Lockdown grant just announced (on top of the discretionary grant funding for Local Authorities & Local Restriction Support Grants & Furlough) – could be worth up to £9k
Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to receive a one-off Lockdown grant on top of grants already being paid out. This is in addition to the discretionary grant funding for Local Authorities & Local Restriction Support Grants & extension to Furlough.
Continue readingHB Director Karen Chase, talks to Love Hoddesdon about the BID and which events Team HB really love…
Have you asked yourself what a BID (Business Improvement District) is or does? Look no further… the Love Hoddesdon BID recently visited HB Accountants’ new offices and interviewed director, Karen Chase and Marketing Manager, Vicki Foster to find about HB’s involvement and what the BID means to the community of Hoddesdon.
Celebrating Local Heroes and our new home
After over 35 years in Amwell Street in Hoddesdon, two week’s ago saw us packing our bags and moving to our new home in the lovely, Plumpton House, still in our wonderful Hoddesdon… and what a week (or two) it’s been!
Continue readingWhy Resilience is a critical quality that we all need to develop
According to legend, Thomas Edison made thousands of prototypes of the light bulb before he finally got it right. Yet despite dealing with ‘failure’ throughout his life he never let it get the better of him. “I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work”. His resilience gave us some of the world’s most amazing inventions such as the phonograph, the telegraph and the motion picture.
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