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The King’s Award For Enterprise

Businesses will soon be invited to apply for the UK’s most prestigious business award when applications open in May. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise has been renamed following the Accession of King Charles III. The Awards will become The King’s Award for Enterprise. The King’s Awards for Enterprise recognise and encourage the outstanding achievements of […]

Read more March 22nd, 2023

Reducing Your Business’ Energy Costs

Energy costs have shot up considerably in the last year. What can you do to reduce your energy costs? Energy prices are soaring; however, you can’t start reducing your energy costs if you don’t know where you are currently spending money on energy in your business. To start, you need to conduct an energy audit. […]

Read more March 22nd, 2023

Reassuring Your Team In Times Of Uncertainty

In businesses across the country, employees are dealing with increasing uncertainty. They are experiencing a cost-of-living crisis and interest rates are rising rapidly, which means some will be worried about paying their mortgages. Energy costs have increased, tech companies are laying off staff and in other sectors there is a shortage of qualified staff. Especially […]

Read more March 21st, 2023

Empathetic Leadership

Empathetic leadership means having the ability to understand the needs of others and being aware of their feelings and thoughts. Modern businesses are about people and relationships as well as sales and revenue. Empathetic leaders help employees and customers feel valued, which helps to create better relationships inside and outside of the business. The following […]

Read more March 20th, 2023

7 Tips To Closing The Deal

Closing the deal is the most important part of the sales process. Every business is a sales organisation. Selling generates the cash flow that is the very lifeblood of any business. However, sales is as much an art as it is a process. Here are our 7 top tips to help you in closing the […]

Read more March 17th, 2023

Budget Summary Spring 2023

On 15 March 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered a ‘Budget for Growth’ after the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast a stronger than expected performance from the UK economy this year with inflation continuing to fall. The Chancellor announced a £27 billion transformation of capital allowances from April this year, which will include the Full Expensing […]

Read more March 16th, 2023

The Windsor Framework

More than a regional agreement Last week we saw the Windsor Framework, agreed by the Prime Minister and European Commission President, replacing the old Northern Ireland Protocol, providing a new legal and UK constitutional framework. The UK government states that “It delivers free-flowing trade in goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland by removing […]

Read more March 7th, 2023

Pension & CGT Annual Allowance

You might want to consider increasing your pension savings before 5 April 2023, if you have available ‘pension annual allowance’ to obtain tax relief for any additional contributions. The pension annual allowance includes any unused elements from the last three tax years as well. Under the current rules, the government adds to your pension contributions […]

Read more March 7th, 2023

Penalties For Careless And Deliberate Errors

As well as charging interest on tax paid late, HMRC may also levy a penalty where there is an error in a tax return. These penalties may be judged as careless or deliberate and the level of penalty will also depend upon whether or not; This matter is topical following the recent sacking of the […]

Read more March 6th, 2023

“Nudge” Letters From HMRC About R&D Claims

Following on from the alleged abuse of the Research and Development (R&D) tax relief schemes, particularly the SME tax credit scheme, HMRC have issued “nudge” letters to the directors of over 2,000 claimant companies asking them to check their claims. Here is an extract from the letter:- We encourage all R&D claimants to consider questions […]

Read more March 6th, 2023

Will The Spring Budget Stimulate Economic Growth?

With the UK economy flat lining the Chancellor is under pressure to announce measures to stimulate growth. There are even calls for him to cut corporation tax which is scheduled to increase from 1 April 2023. He may also extend the 130% super-deduction for investment in new plant and machinery which is due to end […]

Read more March 3rd, 2023

Advisory Fuel Rates For Company Cars March 2023

The table below sets out the HMRC advisory reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage using their company car from 1 March 2023. Where full reimbursement is made there is no taxable fuel benefit. The rates for the previous quarter, if different, are in brackets. In cases where the employer pays for the car fuel, these […]

Read more March 2nd, 2023