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Business News England

Business News England

Welcome to our round-up of the latest business news for our clients. Please contact us if you want to talk about how these updates affect your business. We are here to support you!   Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax – Only 18 Months Left to Comply ...

Bah Humbug: How To Avoid Festive Paperwork Woes

Bah Humbug: How To Avoid Festive Paperwork Woes

Now is the time to reflect on the year gone by and take stock of our finances. Sitting at your desk, you might find there’s an awful lot of paperwork to sift through, suffocating your organisational skills in a deluge of receipts and bank statements. As much as we...

Bad Bookkeeping: A Nightmare That Never Ends

Bad Bookkeeping: A Nightmare That Never Ends

Halloween is almost here. Whatever your darkest fears may be, we bet that losing control of your finances is one of them. Bookkeeping can make the best of us howl furiously at the moon, but it’s essential to exorcise those demons if you want to stay on top of your...

Why Partner With Bright Ideas Accountancy?

Why Partner With Bright Ideas Accountancy?

Managing a freelance career can be hard, a veritable blitzkrieg of tax assessments, tenuous expense claims and the merry-go-round of invoice chasing from one client to the next. You know that you’re good at what you do – it’s the reason why you’ve made the jump to...

What is IR35? How Does it Work?

What is IR35? How Does it Work?

Contractors are generally a savvy bunch, applying their skills to a project for several months and enjoying the perks of being a mercenary for hire. It’s comforting to know that as soon as one job finishes, another totally different client may be waiting in the wings...

Thinking Of Switching Accountant?

Thinking Of Switching Accountant?

The woes of accounting are enough to keep any self-employed professional up at night, wondering if their accountant is doing enough to help. When you leave something so important in another person’s hands, it can be hard to question their suitability to your business...

Umbrella vs. Limited: The Great Debate

Umbrella vs. Limited: The Great Debate

Self-employment gives you the freedom to control your workflow, but it also brings decisions about how to operate in the business world. If you’re a freelancer or contractor, you’re probably wondering whether you should form a limited company, or assume umbrella...

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