Coronavirus Updates

Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement due to COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next two leave years, under measures introduced by Business Secretary Alok Sharma. Currently, almost all workers are entitled to 28 days holiday including bank holidays …

British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced the launch of the BFC Foundation Covid Crisis Fund, supporting creative fashion businesses and individuals to survive the coronavirus crisis. The BFC, through its charity the BFC Foundation which brings all BFC charitable initiatives under one umbrella, is making £1,000,000 of emergency funds available …

Millions of workers are following government advice and are now working from home to combat the spread of COVID-19, so the interest to learning best remote work practices is at its highest.   Remote work is notoriously hard to transition to. Chief transparency officer of TransparentBusiness, Moe Vela knows this …

‘You have not been forgotten’, was the message that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak issued last night as he announced measures to help support the self-employed throughout the coronavirus pandemic. If the self-employed have suffered a loss of income, a taxable grant will be paid, worth up to 80% …

Three major garment distributors have taken the decision to temporarily suspend deliveries following the Government’s advice for all non-essential businesses to close to reduce the risk of unnecessary contact. Ralawise, PenCarrie and Prestige Leisure UK have all made announcements that as of Thursday, March 26 that they would be temporarily …

Manchester-based chefswear manufacturer Tibard has turned its hand to manufacturing hospital scrubs for the NHS to help fight coronavirus. The availability of suitable clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE) is one particular area the NHS has been struggling with. The highly contagious nature of COVID-19 means that clothing, hygiene and …

For the last few weeks, the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) and the British Association for Print and Communication (BAPC) have been in close communication with The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to advocate on behalf of the UK print industry, and provide its Intelligence Gathering Unit …

The UK clothing and footwear sector will bear the brunt of the coronavirus’ (COVID-19) impact on retail, with 2020 sales down £11.1bn on 2019, according to preliminary forecasts by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Kate Ormrod, lead retail analyst at GlobalData, said: “Amid a UK lockdown and self-isolation, …

Businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic will be able to access government support via Compass Business Finance, helping them to continue operating through the current global economic emergency. As a specialist lender to the manufacturing sector, this is where Compass will continue to focus their support. The Coronavirus Business Interruption …

Unless you have been living underground the last couple of weeks, you will more than likely have been affected by coronavirus in some shape or form. A word that in 2019 was on no-one’s radar and now only a few months later, a word that is having so much impact …