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If you don’t have enough to live on while you wait for your first payment you may be able to get an advance of your first Universal Credit payment.
Get a benefit advance if you've applied for a benefit for the first time and cannot afford to wait for the first payment
You may be able to get an advance on your first benefit payment if you’re…
There’s separate guidance if you’ve applied for Universal Credit and need…
Finance for SMEs in the UK with no fixed payments, fixed terms or security required. The advance is repaid as a percentage of future card sales.
How to tax a beneficial loan arrangement for a director or employee.
Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible
Find out if your proposal to raise investments could qualify for a venture capital scheme and what you need to apply for advance assurance.
Free and impartial help with money and pensions.
Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out about loans that count as qualifying loans.
Information on a number of schemes designed to avoid Income Tax and National Insurance contributions by using capital advances, joint and mutual share ownership agreements.
Find out how venture capital schemes work, who can apply and what tax reliefs are available for your investors.
Find out about the ways people can make certain decisions for you or do certain things on your behalf
Benefits that are available to you and how to apply for them.
Advanced Learner Loan and the Bursary Fund help with college or training course costs - funding, how to apply, application forms, repayments
Help to understand debts and deductions taken from Universal Credit payments and who to contact about your debts and deductions if you're struggling financially.
Use the online service or an email to apply for advance of statutory parental, paternal, adoption and maternity pay.
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