Business Support

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Business Support  | As our payroll department advised you, the current Job Retention Scheme will end this month. From 1 November 2020, the government will introduce a new Job Support Scheme. Employees must work at least 33% of their usual hours. For every hour not worked, the employer and the government will each pay one-third […]

Industry Insight

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Welcome to our first episode of Industry Insight. In today’s episode, we will be discussing intergenerational living in 2020: A Post-Pandemic Property Trend.  As the UK emerged from COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, intergenerational living rapidly gained attention. Families who had been isolating together began to reconsider their long-term housing needs. Many chose to consolidate households—not […]

Advising Through Uncertainty

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Advising Through Uncertainty | This year has been a time of unparalleled difficulty for many. After the loneliness and disruption of lockdown, the economic shockwaves are beginning to ripple across the country. In August, the country formally entered its first recession in 11 years. With redundancies looking to rise as the furlough scheme winds down, […]

BlueZest

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BlueZest has strengthened its mortgage distribution by collaborating with Connect for Intermediaries, a leading network and packager. This partnership makes Connect one of the select distributors offering BlueZest mortgages to both appointed representatives (ARs) and directly authorised (DA) advisers. Additionally, ARs connected with specific networks can also access these products. Competitive Mortgage Options for Buy-to-Let […]