UK businesses face a ‘perfect storm’ of factors causing staff shortages, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned. The CBI highlighted issues ranging from the paradoxical effects of the furlough scheme to EU workers not returning to the UK amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Hauliers, hospitality, and food and …
Commercial rent moratorium extended until March 2022
The government is to extend the ban on commercial evictions introduced during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic until March 2022, the Treasury has confirmed. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay, said the moratorium for business tenants will not expire at the end of this month as planned and will instead …