Research & Development Tax Relief (R&D)
HMRC’s tax incentives for companies investing money in R&D are not new, but it is only in recent years that the number of SME’s taking […]
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Small Business
Grant Funding for Rural Businesses
A recent growth programme has been issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The European Growth Programme explains what you must do
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Do you sell at Car Boots? The VAT-Man is after you!
HMRC are taking an interest people who ‘trade’ at car boot sales, festivals, craft fairs, agricultural/flower shows, collectors fairs and similar events with a view to establishing
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Compliance costs SMEs
SMEs pay almost £10 billion in tax compliance costs each year, according to research by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). In a recent survey of 500
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Employers face Auto Enrolment Penalties
Many of Britain’s small businesses are sleepwalking towards a workplace pension’s disaster. Thousands of UK Business Owners are missing the legally binding deadlines by which
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MOSS – IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ROLLING STONES
In the first of two blogs on this subject, we look at what MOSS is and why it has been introduced. A subsequent blog will
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Companies House to increase free access to data
In an effort to increase corporate transparency Companies House is to make all of its digital data available free of charge. This will make the
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Do the new accounting standards affect me?
With relatively little fanfare, FRS 102 comes into force for accounting periods commencing on or after 1st January 2015. This is a fundamental change in
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Are fines being issued for Pensions Auto Enrolment?
You can bet they are! The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has already issued its first fines to non-compliant employers for failing to meet their auto-enrolment duties,
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Micro Businesses Booming
A recent report by insurance group RSA has found that the number of micro businesses in the UK has grown by 43% since 2000. Micro
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