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BLOG: Capital Gains Tax review in progress, but don’t act prematurely!
By Rosy Hughes, Head of Private Client Tax Over the coming months and years the Government will be looking at every turn to claw back the cost of extra spending during the Coronavirus pandemic – and it looks like Capital Gains Tax (CGT) will be among the first targets. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last month…
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How your business can thrive even in a recession
The pains caused by a recession can be excruciating, which is why most of us dread the thought of it. A recession can mean massive layoffs, jobs becoming harder to find, and wages frozen, which means consumers hunker down and spend less– often worsening the economic slowdown unknowingly. For most businesses, especially small businesses, recessions…
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Questions to ask as your small business recovers from COVID-19
As small business owners look to operations after COVID-19, there are some important business questions to ask. These questions will help you determine what adaptations you want to keep, whether your business model is working, and if there are additional changes you want to make to keep your company operational through future economic downturns. It’s…
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Prepare a business plan for COVID-19 recovery
You probably didn’t factor a global pandemic and national lockdown into your business plan! So now is definitely a good time to revisit your business plan for the next year. We know that writing a plan can feel like a big effort so we have created a template to make it easier. Please get in…
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BLOG: Are you still serving your customers in ‘the new normal’?
By Sean Farnell, Partner As a business owner it could be easy to focus solely on your employees and ensuring your company is adequately financed as your business recovers from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. While that is understandable as a position, now is as important a time of ever to fully understand the…
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Business Mastermind Group back to support business owners in Covid-19 recovery
A group based in Leamington is bringing business owners together to help drive sustained recovery from Covid-19. The Business Mastermind Group, which is led by accountancy firm Burgis & Bullock, is running free weekly webinars to help business owners navigate out of the crisis. The group was launched in 2017 to bring business owners and…
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Business Mastermind Group Case Study: Jon Newlyn, Tickling Trout
Business Mastermind Group Case Study: Jon Newlyn, Tickling Trout Since its launch, the Business Mastermind Group has achieved some fantastic success stories. The group has helped members, inspired attendees to take their businesses to the next level, and to implement processes they had previously not considered. Jon Newlyn, Director at Tickling Trout, has been a…
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Burgis & Bullock partners with Coventry University on research project
Burgis & Bullock has teamed up with Coventry University to uncover support needed by businesses as they recover from Covid-19. The company has joined forces with the University to work on new research into the help businesses will be looking for over the coming months. The accountancy firm, which has offices in Leamington, Nuneaton, Rugby…
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Is tax due on small benefits in kind?
Trivial Benefits As the deadline for reporting taxable benefits has once again come and gone it’s been a good time to reflect on what types of benefits our clients have been providing to their employees. For those not aware, when employers provide benefits to employees, for example company car or medical insurance, they have to…