Flood recovery and advice
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Free Legal Advice for Flood Victims
Burnetts in Carlisle is to give free legal
advice to Cumbrian businesses and individuals following the recent
devastation wreaked by the weather in the County. The firm is
making the offer to anyone in Cumbria who needs advice on
flood-related issues.
The offer covers any type of legal support
such as advice on leases or tenancies for businesses which need to
temporarily re-locate. Experience from 2005 indicates that it’s
also likely that residents will need legal help following problems
with slow insurance companies or rogue builders.
Anyone wishing to take advantage of the free
advice offer should contact solicitor Kenny Ling on 01228 552222 or
by email to floods@burnetts.co.uk.
Health precautions
While everyone's immediate priorities during the flooding
incident are safety and protection of property, on returning to
your home or business it will be important to keep safe while
cleaning up.
Please visit this link to the health
protection agency website for important health advice
and basic precautions to keep you and your family
safe. Further flooding health advice is available
on the HPA website
frequently asked questions web page.
Advice for businesses
Advice for businesses affected by the floods is available on the
following websites:
Practical help with taxes for people affected by flooding
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has a special
Helpline for anyone affected by the recent floods, where fast,
practical help and advice is available. You can contact the
Helpline on 0845 3000 157 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday and
8am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday.
Each call to the helpline will be handled on
its own merits but HMRC may be able to help by:
- agreeing a revised payment schedule when
customers are unable to pay due to financial difficulties caused by
the flooding
- agreeing practical arrangements where
individuals and businesses cannot comply with their tax obligations
perhaps because their records have been lost or destroyed in the
flooding
- reviewing any penalties or not imposing
additional surcharges that may be triggered where customers have
missed deadlines as a result of the flooding
- providing help and advice in dealing with other practical, tax
related matters arising as a result of the flooding
The service is available for all HMRC taxes, including VAT,
Corporation Tax, Income Tax and NICs (PAYE) and for individuals
affected by the flooding.
Has your listed building flooded?
See the flooding and
historical buildings guide on our listed buildings
web page for advice on how to deal with flood damage to listed
and historic buildings.
Cleaning photographs
Advice on how to clean
flood damaged photographs.