A selection of business news and articles to help make your business a success
HMRC is encouraging people to check that any email purporting to be from the taxman is genuine before you make any effort to respond and potentially fall foul of a phishing or other fraudulent email scam. It has created a page that allows you to check what emails HMRC...
Small employers thinking of using a salary advance scheme to support the financial wellbeing of their employees should be fully aware of how they work before using them, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is warning. These schemes, which are also known as Earned...
Pension reforms proposed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in partnership with the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust aim to help move the UK’s pension system towards one fit for future generations. The proposals have been released ahead of the Government’s own...
Umbrella companies are typically used by recruitment agencies to employ workers on temporary contracts, in sectors like IT, healthcare, construction and education. Usually, the contractor or temporary worker will work for a client, the client pays the recruitment...
The first 100 days of the Trump administration has certainly created consternation across the world, as Donald Trump’s implementation of tariffs – which have been on again and off again and are currently suspended for most countries at the time of writing – have...
It’s now five years since the UK – and most of the rest of the world – went into Covid lockdown, and various things have changed since that period. One major benefit was a significant acceleration in the advancement of some technologies, such as video conferencing...
If your business has had any kind of errors in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for your payroll, you could be facing a penalty from HMRC for not operating your PAYE correctly, including anything from not filing something at the right time, or failing to do something...
February saw another cut in the Bank of England base rate by another 0.25 percentage points to 4.5%, the third cut since August 2024. But while this should provide some relief for mortgage and credit card borrowers, savers will also see the interest they are paid on...
It’s a sad fact that more people choose to divorce in January than any other month. Many families will realise over Christmas, due to the extra time they spend together, that they are no longer the happy family they once were. Plus, many of us have a desire to change...
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