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A scam uncovered by accountancy specialists Lanop Outsourcing involves business owners receiving an email claiming to be from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), has reminded employers of some of the essential steps in making workplaces Covid-secure, following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 22 September 2020 of the latest rules in the pandemic.

It is to say the least unusual for a Chancellor to cancel one of the Government’s financial set-pieces of the year — in this case the Autumn Budget planned for November — but as Rishi Sunak explained to fellow MPs these are unprecedented times.

Under new proposals, the time it takes for certain convictions to become “spent” will be reduced so that they are no longer automatically disclosed on employment checks.

Employees have complained to the TUC that less than half of workplaces have enabled safe social distancing with those working in low-paid and insecure jobs having been the worst affected.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for mandatory face coverings to be extended to offices and other workplaces.

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tightened up national lockdown rules to tackle a second rise in coronavirus infections.

The Prime Minister’s Office has introduced a new package of measures intended to support and enforce self-isolation with more support for those on low pay but heavy fines for those who break the rules.

The Government has announced it is to prioritise Covid-19 testing for care home and NHS staff, with school pupils and their parents next on the list.

Driving for Better Business (DfBB), the Government campaign group encouraging work-related road safety, has warned that more than half of company directors misunderstand the law on driving for business in one key area — namely being unaware that companies have a legal responsibility where employees are using their personal car for work purposes.