Around 250,000 workers across the UK are set for a pay boost as ‘real living wage’ pay rates are increased, and an additional 800 employers sign up to the scheme during the pandemic

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at Menzies, Simmons Gainsford, MHA Moore and Smalley, Haysmacintyre, and Buchler Phillips, and head of corporate finance advisory named at Grant Thornton

As 2020 has seen more upheaval in the way accountants work than in the past decade, Workday’s Tim Wakeford looks at how finance departments have been the biggest adaptors in a year of digital transformation

The coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) is to be extended until next March, marking a year of furlough, following the introduction of national lockdowns resulting in a deteriorating economic situation, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced

As tighter lockdown restrictions come into force, the government has said it will increase its financial support to the self employed over the coming months and ensure people get paid faster than previously planned

Following the announcement of a month-long national lockdown in England, the Treasury has said the coronavirus job retention scheme (CRJS), due to end on 31 October, will now remain open until December

In this week’s accountancy career moves, partner promotions at UHY Hacker Young, Crowe, EY and Haines Watts, directors named at Foxley Kingham and Quantuma, plus nine director promotions at RSM

Two thirds of a million UK workers (670,000) updated their online CV during the final weeks of the furlough scheme, according to job site Indeed, as 2m workers were still on furlough just days before the scheme closed

PwC, Credit Suisse, and Zurich Insurance are among the first organisations supporting the launch of 10,000 Black Interns, a programme intended to help transform the horizons and job prospects of young Black people in the UK

The Chancellor has decided to conduct a one-year Spending Review on 25 November in order to prioritise the response to Covid-19, focus on supporting jobs, and capital projects such as HS2

Younger employees and BAME workers are likely to be hardest hit when the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) winds down at the end of this month, according to research from the Resolution Foundation which warns youth unemployment could reach its highest level for four decades

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise payroll adviser, Sue Walker, explores whether a new employee is due statutory sick pay (SSP) if they become sick during the second week of employment