The New Forest Business Support Hour takes place every Wednesday at 3pm.

On Wednesday 13 May, we feature NFBP member Heidi Roper from View HR – www.viewhr.co.uk.  There are many new HR issues for business owners to consider and we will discuss some of these, including:

• How to manage ongoing furlough and plan for the closure of the Job Retention Scheme
• Whether the rules for taking holidays are the same for furloughed staff
• What you need to consider before letting employees return to work
• How to handle tough decisions such as laying off staff and making redundancies

An important element of these virtual sessions is the interaction between businesses – just as we find at our normal events. During the Hour, there will be 30 minutes for businesses to share ideas, opportunities or concerns with each other and the following 30 minutes for the input from our local business expert. There will also be the opportunity to follow up afterwards with NFBP, NFDC and with the expert.

This is a virtual Zoom meeting and is free of charge. You do need to book by 1400 on Wednesday. You will then receive an email just after 1400 with the Zoom meeting ID and password to enable you to join the meeting online.