HK: the future of restructuring; the future of the profession

There are two key issues on Johnson Kong’s mind: what will COVID-19 mean for corporate restructuring; and what is the new norm of the profession once the pandemic has passed.

Economic shock for UK but rapid recovery likely

2 June 2020: the shock of COVID-19 measures will shrink the UK economy by record levels according to new research, but rays of hope exist for many businesses

ICAEW redundancy hub: resources for people and businesses

1 June 2020: the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic will leave many businesses making hard decisions and considering redundancies. ICAEW’s new collection of resources aims to help those affected.

Return to work: best practice and guidance

1 June 2020: a panel of experts joined ICAEW for a webinar to provide best practice and guidance for companies looking to bring their staff back to work

COVID-19 and micro-entity accounts

1 June 2020: ICAEW’s Financial Reporting Faculty has produced a checklist to help you determine how the spread of COVID-19 might affect financial statements prepared in accordance with FRS 105.

Flexible furlough from 1 July under revised CJRS

29 May: Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will apply a month earlier than expected. From 1 July the scheme will allow part-time working, but staff must have been furloughed by 10 June to be eligible.

COVID-19: Second lump sum for self-employed

29 May: The Chancellor has announced a second and final grant to the self-employed who are eligible for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), to be capped at £6,570.

COVID-19: Employer returns accepted via email

29 May 2020: Employers can file their Appendix 4, 7A and 7B end-of-year reports by email, HMRC has confirmed.

Does equal pay equate to equal opportunity?

Some 50 years after the Equal Pay Act, there is still a pay gap in every sector of the economy. But does the shift in working patterns driven by coronavirus offer an opportunity to level the playing field?

COVID reveals the benefits of cloud working

29 May: Businesses have been forced to adapt their ways of working almost overnight in light of the coronavirus lockdowns and those with cloud-based systems had a significant head start.

Assets and values – the fall-out from COVID-19

Valuing assets in the COVID and post-COVID environments is bound to engender more questions than answers; and what will be the impact of all that government intervention?

Remote working means changes for real estate

29 May: COVID-19 has forced the issue of working from home to the forefront of many organisations thinking, but it has simply turned up the dial on a shift in working behaviour that has already been gaining pace and that the real estate sector must respond to.

“COVID secure”: stepping safely out of lockdown

29 May: The “COVID secure” message is at the forefront of the government’s return to work strategy. But what does this really mean for organisations and individuals, and will it provide a stepping stone to a safe working life after lockdown?

ICAEW technical round-up: May 2020

29 May 2020: the most-read items of technical content on ICAEW Insights during the month of May

PMJ: how the crisis made us more productive

29 May 2020: for one practice in Essex, adapting to lockdown has taught them to be more productive than ever – so much so, employees are doing a four-day week for the same salary.