Due to the Covid19 outbreak, the UK has gone into lockdown from 23 March 2020 and after 7 weeks on 10 May 2020, the Prime Minister announced an easing of the lockdown. The UK government encouraged people to wear a face mask or a face covering when going to public places.
With this announcement, you can now go to work if cannot work from home. Additionally, you can also meet one person outside your household. This is a very encouraging positive move to slowly bring back the UK economy.
Especially for businesses that keep their accounting books and records on papers. They can now go to their office to gather those accounting records and pass it on to their accountants to prepare their company accounts. Remember, Companies House allows limited companies to extend their company accounts filing deadline for an additional 3 months without a penalty but you must apply for it. There is no extension allowed when comes to submitting your confirmation statement with Companies House.
At the same time, you could take the opportunity to discuss the financial support for businesses during coronavirus outbreak announced by the UK government if you prefer to do it face to face.
- Claiming Statutory sick pay paid to employees due to COVID19
- Claiming wages through the coronavirus job retention scheme
- Deferral of VAT payments due to COVID19
- Deferral of Self Assessment return due to COVID19
- Business rates relief
- Business support grant funds
- support for the self-employed
- Support for the small and medium-sized businesses
- Also, support for large businesses
How to make a face mask or a face covering
Understandably, the UK government has published guidance on how to make a face mask or face covering for yourself. You can make a face mask or a face covering using a T-shirt. It is very simple to make and the guidance comes with measurement and picture to follow.
There is also an alternative available, a sewn cloth face covering. This is also very simple to make. You do not need a sewing machine.
