ARG Guidance Updated The guidance to councils on the ARG Grant has been updated to take into account the delay to moving to Step 4. Due to the Prime Minister’s announcement, councils the period that councils have been given to…
What You can and Can’t Do Up to 19th July After the prime Minister’s announcement last night that England would remain in Step 3 until 19th July (albeit with a review in two weeks), the Government has updated the public…
Welcome Back Fund MHCLG has published a new version of the guidance on the Welcome Back fund. This is a £56m ERDF fund available to local authorities in England to support the return to high streets safely and help build…
DWP Invitation to Kickstart Seminar I’ve been talking to DWP today regarding the staffing shortage and they are keen to engage with businesses and support them through the Kickstart initiative. They have a seminar coming up on the scheme next…
Overseas Visits From The UK ONS has released a report on the number of UK nationals that would have travelled to Red, Amber and Green countries in a normal year, the purpose of their visits and the value of their…
Demonstrating Covid Status The DHSC guidance on how people can demonstrate their vaccination status when travelling overseas has been updated to inform travellers that they can now request a COVID-19 vaccination status letter to be posted to them via the…
Economies Of Ale: Pubs In The Time Of COVID-19 The Office for National Statistics has published a report on the impact of coronavirus on the UK pub sector. Some of the key points in the research, which is up to…
New Entry Restrictions for France The travel advice for France has been updated to take into account of new testing requirements that the French Government are introducing on 9th June for people travelling from the UK. From this date, people…
Traffic Light Data DHSC has published the data from the Joint Biosecurity Centre which informed the Government decision yesterday on removing Portugal from the Green List and adding the seven other countries to the Red list. Having a quick read…
Guidance For Non-UK Nationals Intending To Stay In The Country The Home Office guidance has been changed to state that people in the UK that cannot leave due to travel restrictions and intend to stay can make an application for…