April 2015 50p September 2020 75p Beech Hill Conservative Club Completes Refurbishment Premier League Fixture Dates Announced Live Music Update ‘Boycie’ Announces Reopening of Parr Conservative Club September 2020 75p Furlough Changes For the next few months, there will period that must fit in with the be various changes to the furlough monthly criteria. For further scheme. Please see a summary of detail see our FAQ on whether the changes below: employers have to end furlough Published by The Association and re-start it each month from of Conservative Clubs, Ltd September: The state will pay July onwards. 1 Norfolk Row, CONTENTS 70 per cent of wages, up to a cap of The period claimed for needs London SE1 7JP £2,190 per month. Employers will to be for at least three weeks Tel: 020 7222 0843 have to pay National Insurance before July and at least one week Sales: 020 7222 0868 Message From The ACC and pension contributions, plus 10 afterwards, although monthly or [email protected] Chairman 3 per cent of wages to make up 80 fortnightly pay periods can be www.toryclubs.co.uk per cent of the total, up to a cap of used. ACC Services 4 £2,500 per month. The extended furlough agreements must be confirmed Chairman: Club Law and Management October: The state will in writing. For employees who Rt Hon Alistair Burt 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 pay 60 per cent of wages, up already have written furlough Chief Executive: to a cap of £1,875 per month. agreements there will be no need Lord Smith of Hindhead CBE Premier League Fixture Dates Employers will then need to pay for a new furlough agreement in Printed by: Snell Print Ltd, 8 National Insurance and pension order to transition into flexible Brympton Way, Yeovil, contributions, plus 20 per cent of furlough. However, the employer Somerset BA20 2HP ‘Boycie’ Announces wages to make up 80 per cent of should check the wording of Reopening of Parr the total, up to a cap of £2,500 per the agreement and may need to Conservative Club 9 month. agree the hours or days which All editorial and advertising the employee is now going to enquiries should be addressed Beech Hill Conservative Club Other furlough points work during the furlough period. to the ACC. When replying to Completes Refurbishment From July onwards claim Employers must also report the advertisers please mention 10, 11 periods must be limited to a hours employees have worked Conservative Clubs Magazine calendar month to fit in with compared to the hours the Pages From The Past 14 the changing level of grant; employee would usually work. overlapping months will only be The grant claim will be based Coronavirus Support for permitted before July. Employers on the percentage of hours not Every effort is made to ensure Social and Sporting Clubs accuracy but neither the do not have to end an employer’s worked and between July and 15 publishers, nor their agents, furlough period and re-start it each October the grant cap will be can accept responsibility for month from July onwards; it is the proportional to the hours not ACC Order Form 16 any error or omission. claim period and not the furlough worked. 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The most successful examples of ACC Sale and with each Club in order to create a manageable and sensible time Leasebacks are Clubs which have a dedicated Committee and frame for repayment. Membership and want to secure their Club’s future. By unlocking the Club’s freehold, Clubs can be provided the means of repaying Documentation Available Free Of Charge debt, often undertaking refurbishments and providing a significant ACC Room Hire Agreement - The room hire agreement is cash sum. The rent payable to the ACC following the completion of designed to be completed at the time a booking and includes a Sale and Leaseback can often be less than a Club was paying space for a deposit to be taken to secure the room is applicable. for servicing debt. ACC Catering Franchise Pack - The ACC Catering Franchise pack can be used by Clubs which have a franchisee who uses the Club’s facilities to prepare and serve food within the Club. Trusteeship The Franchisee Contract permits the Committee to decide if the The ACC Trusteeship Service is a free facility offered by the ACC. franchisee shall pay a set fee per month to the Club for use of the The transfer of Trusteeship to the ACC has increasingly become Club’s facilities, shall pay to the Club a percentage of the profits popular amongst unincorporated clubs and there are two main from the sale of food or that a combination of both methods of benefits for the Club. The first is that the ACC will pay for all legal remuneration shall be utilised. expenses involved with the transfer of Trusteeship. The second is Health and Safety and Risk Assessment Documentation - The that the Association’s financial and legal resources are such that ACC has extensive documentation to assist a Club in creating a the Club’s position will be greatly strengthened when negotiating Health and Safety policy and conducting regular risk assessments. loans or defending itself against legal action taken by a third party. This documentation is available free of charge. Examples include The ACC do not become involved with the day to day business template health and safety documentation, risk assessment forms of any Club for which we act as Trustee. The Club will continue and practical advice on completing a Club risk assessment and to be able to call upon the ACC for advice on any matter without first aid information. needing to make reference to our Trusteeship. We will only act Candidates for Admission Sheets – The admission sheets can on behalf of the Club in accordance with the lawful instructions of be posted on the Club’s Notice Board to detail prospective new the Committee and Members. The Club Committee will therefore Members and have spaces for: Date, Candidate Name, Address, continue to run the Club’s affairs and will only refer matters to the Occupation, Proposer, Seconder. ACC as and when they consider it appropriate to do so. To obtain any of the documentation packages please email [email protected] or phone 0207 222 0843. To enquire about any of the ACC’s financial assistance packages please email [email protected] or phone 0207 222 0843.