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Legal advice: Difficult decisions facing employers as furlough scheme ends

With the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme drawing to a close at the end of September, many employers are facing some difficult decisions, writes Natasha Moore of Woodfines Solicitors...

Bedford charity urges people struggling with rent to ask for help

A Bedford charity is urging people with rent arrears to seek free debt help as soon as possible, as protection from eviction put in place during lockdown is coming to an end. The...

Community bakery seeks support from furloughed chefs

A community bakery which offers work experience and training to ex-offenders, is reaching out to furloughed chefs and kitchen staff to ask for their support. A number of the staff and volunteers at Companions CIC, based at The Gallery on Howard Street...

Chancellor’s furlough cash ‘bails out’ landlords and banks, says think tank

The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s financial response to the coronavirus pandemic leaves the poorest to shoulder most economic risk and will widen...

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