We know that planning out and preparing your business HR calendar dates can be a tricky and time-consuming task.
Here at Small Business Insights, we thought it would be useful to compile a list of key dates, most relevant to UK SMEs, like yours.
Check out our comprehensive guide which includes religious, cultural and bank holiday dates for 2024.
January 2024
1st January – New Year’s Day
2nd January – 2nd January (Scotland)
5th January – Twelfth Night
6th January – Epiphany
7th January – Orthodox Christmas Day
14th January – Orthodox New Year
25th January – Tu B’Shevat (Arbor Day)
25th January – Burns Night (Scotland)
February 2024
7th February – Isra and Mi’raj
10th February – Lunar New Year
13th February – Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Day
14th February – Ash Wednesday
14th February – Valentine’s Day
March 2024
1st March – St. David’s Day (Wales)
8th March – Maha Shivaratri
10th March – Mother’s Day
11th March – Ramadan Start (Tentative Date)
17th March – St Patrick’s Day (Northern Ireland)
18th March – Day off for St Patrick’s Day (Northern Ireland)
20th March – March Equinox
24th March – Palm Sunday
24th March – Purim
28th March – Maundy Thursday
29th March – Good Friday
30th March – Holy Saturday
31st March – Easter Sunday
31st March – Daylight Saving Time starts
April 2024
1st April – Easter Monday (ENG, NIR, WAL)
1st April – Easter Monday (Scotland)
5th April – Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power)
10th April – Eid ul Fitr (Tentative Date)
22nd April – Stephen Lawrence Day
23rd April – First day of Passover
23rd April – St. George’s Day
23rd April – Shakespeare Day
30th April – Last day of Passover
May 2024
3rd May – Orthodox Good Friday
4th May – Orthodox Holy Saturday
5th May – Yom HaShoah
5th May – Orthodox Easter
6th May – Orthodox Easter Monday
6th May – Early May Bank Holiday
9th May – Ascension Day
14th May – Yom HaAtzmaut
19th May – Pentecost
20th May – Whit Monday
26th May – Trinity Sunday
26th May – Lag B’Omer
27th May – Spring Bank Holiday
30th May – Corpus Christi
June 2024
12th June – Shavuot
15th June – King’s Birthday
16th June – Father’s Day
17th June – Eid al-Adha (Tentative Date)
20th June – June Solstice
22nd June – Windrush Day
July 2024
8th July – Muharram/Islamic New Year (Tentative Date)
12th July – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
17th July – Ashura (Tentative Date)
August 2024
5th August – Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland)
13th August – Tisha B’Av
15th August – Assumption of Mary
26th August – Janmashtami (Smarta)
26th August – Janmashtami
26th August – Summer Bank Holiday (ENG, NIR, WAL)
September 2024
6th September – Ganesh Chaturthi
16th September – Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) (Tentative Date)
22nd September – September Equinox
October 2024
3rd October – Rosh Hashana
4th October – Feast of St Francis of Assisi
12th October – Yom Kippur
17th October – First day of Sukkot
23rd October – Hoshana Rabbah
24th October – Shemini Atzeret
25th October – Simchat Torah
27th October – Daylight Saving Time ends
31st October – Halloween
November 2024
1st November – All Saints’ Day
1st November – Diwali/Deepavali
2nd November – All Souls’ Day
5th November – Guy Fawkes Day
10th November – Remembrance Sunday
30th November – St Andrew’s Day (Scotland)
December 2024
1st December – First Sunday of Advent
2nd December – St Andrew’s Day observed (Scotland)
8th December – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
21st December – December Solstice
24th December – Christmas Eve
25th December – Christmas Day
26th December – First Day of Hanukkah
26th December – Boxing Day
31st December – New Year’s Eve
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