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How to Protect Your Business in a Recession

How to Protect Your Business in a Recession

The UK’s GDP fell by 0.3% in August according to official figures, and if GDP falls for two quarters in a row, that is the definition of a recession. Experts at the EY ITEM Club predict the UK will be in recession for three quarters, which would take us up to the...

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 ...

Mini-Budget: What it means for you and your finances

Mini-Budget: What it means for you and your finances

On 23 September 2022, Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor (the fifth in as many years) delivered a Tax Cutting “Fiscal Event” or Mini-Budget to help boost economic growth. This was in line with promises made by the new Prime Minister Liz Truss when she was campaigning...

Self-Assessment – it’s getting to that time again

Self-Assessment – it’s getting to that time again

Self-assessment is an annual event, and it is always towards the back end of the year that you need to start thinking about it. Many people will already be registered for self-assessment, but there are others who will need to register for the first time this year,...

Lessons To Learn From The Self Assessment Comedown

Lessons To Learn From The Self Assessment Comedown

The January cut-off point for your Self Assessment has come and gone, leaving a trail of bewildered freelancers in its wake. How was your experience? Did tax submission leave you cold, as if the weight of the financial year was cleaving your brain in two? You aren’t...

3 Financial Lessons To Learn From 2016

3 Financial Lessons To Learn From 2016

Taking stock of the year, you’re doubtlessly analysing what went right and what, in hindsight, could have been different. Regardless of the changes, you may have experienced, one thing remains the same as ever – our desire for protecting our finances and maximising...

How Does The Autumn Statement Impact Freelancers & Contractors?

How Does The Autumn Statement Impact Freelancers & Contractors?

As the number of self-employed professionals in the UK swells to 4.79 million, many freelancers and contractors kept a close eye on Westminster for the Autumn Statement 2016. Proposed changes to IR35 and the new Making Tax Digital initiative were high on the agenda,...

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