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• Advance: Rules (PDF format)

  Rules for Advance as submitted to the Certification Office.

  • Updated: 9 March 2020
• Get an advance on your first benefit 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

  • Overview

    You may be able to get an advance on your first benefit payment if you’re…

  • How to apply

    There’s separate guidance if you’ve applied for Universal Credit and need…

• Mr D Neill v Advance Stores Company, Incorporated: 8002645/2025

  Employment Tribunal decision.

  • Updated: 17 April 2026
• Apply for a Universal Credit advance or hardship payment

  Apply for financial support if you need an advance or hardship payment before your next Universal Credit payment.
• Advance: information held by the Certification Officer

  Advance trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.

  • Updated: 29 January 2024
• Apply for targeted advance assurance on up to 2 areas of your Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claim

  Ask HMRC for assurance on particular areas of your Research and Development (R&D) tax relief claim, if you’re a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).

  • Updated: 18 May 2026
• Cask Store, East Tucker Street, Bristol BS1 6WF : CHI/00HB/LSC/2020/0108

  Southern Region, Judge M Davey on 15 June 2021

  • Updated: 21 September 2021
• Stockton-On-Tees: Advance House

  Advance House, is a probation contact centre, within the North East region.

  • Updated: 29 December 2023
• Universal Credit

  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.
• Co-Operative Food Store, The Parade, Pagham, PO21 4TW : CHI/45UC/HIN/2022/0019

  Southern Region, Mrs J Coupe FRICS, Judge H Lederman, Mr D Ashby FRICS on 25 May 2023

  • Updated: 5 July 2023