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More than 1 in 10 addresses used as holiday homes in some areas of England and Wales
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have share their analysis of 2021 Census data to reveal the hotspots where second addresses are...


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Recruitment tips in a changing environment
The UK employment rate was estimated at 75.8% in December 2022 to February 2023, 0.2 percentage points higher than September to November...


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Spend Analysis
As rising prices affect budgets, big decisions need to be made around where to tighten your purse strings, and which areas to invest in...


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VAT Penalty Factsheet
We wrote in December about the changes to the VAT penalty system, but felt a factsheet explaining the new system in more detail may be of...


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Pension Lifetime Allowance
The latest Finance Bill will legislate the announcement in the Spring Budget that the lifetime allowance (LTA) charge is abolished from 6...


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Consultation into possible reform of CIS (Construction Industry Scheme)
The Government have announced a number of tax consultations on its Tax Administration and Maintenance Day, 27 April. These include...


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Chat GPT - What is it and what could it mean for businesses?
Chat GPT is perhaps the most well-known/talked about of the AI technologies (although there are many others that have been developed/are...


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The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme
The programme is designed to provide high-quality, practical education and business support to leaders of high-growth small businesses...

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State pension age
The plan to bring forward the increase in state pension age to 68 has been delayed following a review which suggests a fall in life...


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ICO offers new Innovation Advice Service
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a new service for UK organisations looking to use personal data in new and...


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Changes to business rates rules for self-catering properties
From April 2023, new eligibility rules for business rates will apply to self-catering properties in England and Wales. If you don’t meet...

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Managing IHT
Like many other taxes, inheritance tax (or IHT) allowances have been frozen. This sounds generous of the chancellor at a time when the...

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Fast Growth 50 2023
Fast growth firms - normally defined as achieving 20% growth per annum - make up fewer than 1% of the UK business population but...


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SPRING BUDGET SUMMARY
Yesterday (15th March), the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his Spring Budget. As seems to be the way, there weren’t any major...


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Extra time to make voluntary NI contributions
We recently wrote about checking whether it was worth making voluntary NI contributions before 5th April... but you will now have an...


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New Corporation Tax Rates - and Associated Companies
On 1 April, the main rate of corporation tax will increase to 25 percent - although companies with sufficiently small profits will...


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New basis period reform rules
Sole trader and partnership businesses that do not use the tax year as their accounting date, must ensure they are ready for the new...

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Ribble Valley Business Awards - Good Luck to Finalists
The RVBA's are fast approaching (the award ceremony takes place on 23rd March) and the finalists in each category have now been...


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IMPORTANT R&D CHANGES FROM APRIL 2023
The government are committed to a number of important changes to Research & Development (R&D) tax relief from 1 April 2023. It also looks...


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Fairtrade Fortnight 2023Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 has begun today, 27 February and lasts until 12 Ma
Fairtrade Fortnight 2023 has begun today, 27 February and lasts until 12 March... and the theme this year is food. This means you could...
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