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- HMRC penalties alert as 5.7 million still to file tax returns
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- Thousands file tax returns on Christmas Day
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- Why debt isn’t always bad
- The importance of cash flow for tourism businesses
- Landlords targeted over undeclared income from residential property
- Why you should revise your business strategy
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- Simplifying filing obligations
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- New VAT penalty regime – What do you need to know?
- Avoiding obstacles with the Construction Industry Scheme
- Supporting staff through the cost-of-living crisis
- Have you filed your online Self-Assessment form?
- Top tips for launching a successful start-up
- How SMEs can avoid becoming victims of fraud
- Management Accounts: Why do you need them?
- Looking to grow – What are the benefits of networking? And how can your accountant help?
- Tax-free shopping for overseas visitors scrapped
- Is this the end of paper-based trading documents?
- Self Assessment customers could be a target for fraudsters as deadline approaches
- Flat Rate Scheme: What do you need to know?
- What does ESG mean for your business?
- UK set to review foreign worker visa conditions to ease labour shortage
- Will the falling pound help boost tourism?
- 33,000 new loans available for small businesses
- Will you be paying less Income Tax from April?
- Corporation Tax rise axed as Chancellor aims for growth
- Are you a sole director operating under the Model Articles?
- What do you need to know about the Energy Bill Relief Scheme?
- How a ‘fiscal event’ differs from a Budget
- Late payments: A big cost for small businesses
- Tourism Tax – Will it help or hamper small tourist businesses?
- What can you do to help your employees? Handy tips to help them cope with the cost of living crisis
- IR35 review set to simplify guidelines on compliance
- How can SMEs handle the cost of living crisis?
- The recipe to business success and how to deal with it
- 1.1 million customers get first energy support payments
- Penalties for businesses failing to comply with Making Tax Digital
- More than 90 businesses created every hour
- Grow your business with these top tips
- Staycations can offer a memorable experience for guests
- Families missing out on financial support as children return to school
- Interest rate hike puts pressure on taxpayers behind on payments
- Hard pressed SMEs struggling with cashflow challenges
- Planning is key for owner-managed businesses
- Tax year basis reform: How does this change affect me?
- Firms founded during the pandemic could add £20 billion to economy
- Help to Grow: Digital Scheme receives a boost
- Tax year basis reform: Should I change my year-end?
- Supply chain issues to drive warehouse construction growth
- New VAT Registration Service (VRS) set to launch
- Big city hospitality bounces back, but London slower to recover
- Changes to R&D tax credits regime introduced
- New tips legislation gives pay boost to millions in the hospitality sector
- How can tourism businesses achieve Net Zero?
- Government urged to act as labour shortage continues
- First cost of living payment received by millions
- New guidelines could help thousands of Britons cut their debt
- Trade agreement between UK and India close to completion
- Government must act to improve inbound tourism, Select Committee says
- Businesses must work harder to win the trust of the public
- Have you claimed the working from home tax relief?
- Have you renewed your tax credits?
- Government review seeks to improve the holiday letting market
- How hospitality can cope with strikes and staff shortages
- Businesses can make big tax savings when disposing of assets
- Could you be missing out on tax savings?
- Considering starting a tourism business? Here’s what you need to know
- New hospitality champion to help deliver on training and education
- Subcontractors: Be aware of your Construction Industry Scheme obligations
- Small but mighty: the SMEs powering the UK economy
- Jubilee provides extra bounce as business revenues on the rise
- What is the Construction Industry Scheme?
- Training schemes address labour and skills shortage in hospitality
- Foreign property owner register to help crackdown on money laundering
- Hospitality aims to bounce back with bumper trade for Platinum Jubilee
- Loans to small businesses drop to lowest level on record
- How will the travel and tourism sector recover from the pandemic?
- Big hitters to join key conference on the hospitality sector
- Should you buy an electric company car?
- Thousands more taxpayers filing Self Assessment returns early
- New initiative helps to make the most of the pavement cafe culture
- Enterprise investment rebounds strongly after being hit by pandemic
- Cultural Development Fund: What you need to know
- Every business has goals, but how can you achieve them?
- Can my business pay for my garden office?
- Charging an electric company car: what you need to know
- Parents missing out on Tax-Free childcare allowance encouraged to claim
- Get your tax in order as National Insurance rises
- Student finance: How can employers stay up to date?
- How can your employees recognise scam emails?
- Support still available as UK tourism bounces back
- Hospitality business owners: how should you distribute tips between staff members?
- Construction subcontractors: All you need to know about payments
- Discovery assessments: Catch up with the latest changes
- Dividends V Salary: Making profits pay for your salary
- Generous tax incentives for investing in higher risk enterprises
- Corporation Tax: could you be missing out on tax reliefs?
- Employers given £1,000 saving thanks to rise in Employment Allowance
- British holidaymakers surge abroad as inward bookings are slow off the mark
- Steep price rise warning as hospitality businesses yet to receive Omicron funding
- Bank campaign launched as businesses baffled by carbon jargon
- Ready to kick start your own business?
- Hospitality sector welcomes new law to help tackle commercial rent arrears
- Latest deadline for Making Tax Digital for VAT comes into force imminently
- How the Spring Statement will affect businesses and individuals
- How can you cope with the cost-of-living crisis?
- Getting the data right is key to growth in hospitality
- Real-time online sanctions tracker to assist importers and exporters
- British public supports a permanent 12.5 per cent VAT rate for the hospitality sector
- How can your business boost its revenue?
- Plastic Packaging Tax: what to know as deadline looms
- Huge majority back move to keep hospitality VAT at 12.5 per cent
- Large number of businesses looking to recruit more staff
- Right to work: Government to launch virtual identification scheme to support employers
- Watch out for tax scams, warns HMRC
- Business confidence among tourism operators rises to pre-pandemic levels
- Industry leader says economy will be hit by removal of diesel rebate
- End of tax-free shopping: what is the impact on tourism?
- Act now to continue receiving tax credits, says HMRC
- Almost one million taxpayers handed late submission penalty after missing Self Assessment deadline
- Several UK hospitality firms refuse to serve Russian products
- How to make the most of cloud-based accounting software
- How would an Online Sales Tax affect your business?
- Are you prepared for payroll changes this April?
- Here’s how you can claim the 2022 council tax rebate
- Lockdowns cost hotel and hospitality sector £115 billion
- HMRC to close helplines one day a week to clear backlog
- What is ‘greenwashing’ and how can you spot it?
- UK cyber security industry breaks growth records despite pandemic
- Nearly 100,000 taxpayers spread cost of tax bill into manageable monthly instalments, HMRC reveals
- Marriage allowance and how you can save on your tax bill
- NFT fraudsters arrested by HMRC
- Benefits of cloud accounting software far outweigh costs, study reveals
- UK travel, tourism and hospitality sector lost an estimated £7 billion in revenue after introduction of Omicron restrictions, study reveals
- Hidden charges alert as 2.3 million miss Self-Assessment deadline
- How can apprenticeships help your business?
- British IPOs raise more in 2021 than in any other year since 2007
- Cryptocurrency and working out your tax liabilities
- What the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper means for businesses
- Student loans: what is changing for graduates in April
- Covid-19: Portal now OPEN to claim Statutory Sick Pay Rebate
- Tax relief: Are you missing out on up to £2,000 a year towards the costs of childcare?
- Employers need to check out bank holiday entitlement for Queen’s jubilee
- UK to remove testing and quarantine requirements for vaccinated travellers in major boost for tourism sector
- HMRC scam calls have decreased by 97 per cent
- Cost of living crisis: UK inflation rises to 30-year high
- Claim up to £5,000 towards the cost of cloud accounting software under new Help to Grow: Digital scheme
- Consultation on global minimum corporation tax for large multinationals
- Penalty reform for VAT delayed until January 2023
- New rules to end second home tax loophole
- Businesses that do not use MTD for VAT make more errors than those that do, study reveals
- Is your tourism business eligible for grant funding?
- HMRC’s guidance on reasonable excuses for late tax payments updated
- More investors are choosing sustainability-focused firms
- Late filing penalties waived for one month to give taxpayers more time to prepare 2020/21 tax return
- HMRC hikes late payment interest rates
- Did you open presents or submit tax returns on Christmas?
- Outdoor markets and marquees to be made permanent in boost for hospitality sector
- Temporary legislation allowing outdoor markets and marquees to be made “permanent”
- Crackdown on rogue directors who dissolve companies to avoid paying debts
- Coronavirus: self-certification period temporarily extended
- Wine among goods and services to become cheaper to import from January 2022
- The Christmas gift allowance: how it works
- Should SMEs reconsider their approach to employee retention?
- How much will Net Zero really cost SMEs?
- Revealed: Most common reasons for underpayment of legal minimum wage
- Tens of thousands of taxpayers spread out Self Assessment tax bill in wake of coronavirus pandemic
- Eight in 10 tourism businesses affected by coronavirus-related cancellations, study reveals
- Recovery in construction led by rise in commercial property work
- Profit improvement: steps to consider for your business
- One month countdown to full customs controls: is your business ready?
- Did you use a Bounce Back Loan to cover personal expenses during the pandemic? Act now to avoid tax consequences
- Making Tax Digital – what you need to know ahead of 2022-23
- Be aware of tax liabilities if you are using cryptocurrencies
- Government knocks down hundreds of international trade barriers to unlock new export opportunities
- Small business confidence dips ahead of new customs controls coming into force
- Hospitality bosses develop new strategies to cope with staff shortages
- Deadline to claim apprenticeship incentive payment just “weeks away”
- Almost 800,000 tax scams reported to HMRC in past 12 months, figures reveal
- 100,000 young people join Kickstart scheme as vacancies hit a new record
- How can Britain double its exports?
- New export scheme to help businesses capitalise on rapidly growing green economy
- Cryptoassets and Capital Gains Tax: what you need to know
- International tourism returning to pre-pandemic levels, latest figures reveal
- Small businesses call for Government support to tackle climate change
- The economy or climate change – what are companies focused on?
- More than 400,000 employers supported by furlough scheme in last month of operation, figures reveal
- HMRC asks sole traders to correctly report SEISS grants or “repay in full”
- Cautious welcome for Chancellor’s cut in business rates
- Controversial basis period reforms delayed by one year, Government announces
- How will the National Minimum Wage increase impact my business?
- Boost for tourism industry as Government moves to cheaper lateral flow tests on arrival
- Business rates to halve in hospitality, retail and leisure sector, Chancellor reveals
- Pay bounces back strongly as economy recovers
- Rural businesses “more likely” to use personal finance than urban counterparts, study reveals
- Updated requirements for submitting Corporation Tax CT600 Return
- Scams: the heavy financial and health burden
- Plastic Packaging Tax: what is the new levy and how can my business prepare?
- Self Employed? HMRC’s self-serve Time to Pay facility may help you pay tax
- Campaign launched to peg VAT at 12.5 per cent for hospitality and tourism
- SMEs behind rapid rise in Research & Development tax relief claims
- New reduced rate of VAT for tourism and hospitality now in force
- Workers claiming Working Tax Credit urged to update their hours
- October: the last month to handle CJRS claims
- Transitionary rate of VAT for hospitality comes into force
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: last chance to claim fifth grant
- Do I need to rethink my IR35 strategy while there is a shortage of lorry drivers?
- Small developers invited to apply for up to £10 million in equity funding
- Reinsurance Scheme launches today to support tourism and hospitality sector
- Reduce your tax bill with these four ‘quick wins’!
- Start Up Loans helping rural and disadvantaged entrepreneurs access finance, data reveals
- Chancellor to lay out plans in October Budget and Spending Review
- Final furlough figures published before end of scheme
- Winding up petition debt threshold to be increased in wake of pandemic
- Record numbers return to work ahead of closure of furlough scheme
- Outdoor planning rules to be relaxed “permanently” to support tourism and hospitality industry
- UK house prices hit significant record
- Personal tax: Thousands of parents “missing out” on Tax-Free Childcare
- New guidance for partnerships claiming fifth SEISS grant
- Tax-related scams double during coronavirus pandemic, figures reveal
- Tourism recovery on hold as staff shortages remain a “key challenge”
- Economic boost as record borrowing levels slashed
- Staff shortages leave food manufacturers looking for inmates to cover work
- Tax-relief schemes may help start-ups raise outside investment – ICAEW
- Sole traders “disproportionately impacted” by coronavirus pandemic
- Good news on jobs and growth a boost for business
- Staff shortages: increased wages to entice workers could mean higher prices for customers
- Digital platforms to report sellers’ income from as early as 2023
- Businesses urged to “get to grips” with new Patent Box regime as grandfathering rules come to an end
- UK to benefit more from domestic tourism than any other country in Europe, study reveals
- Help to Grow: Digital is now open
- Labour shortages could impact UK’s economic recovery, says experts
- Government launches £750 million Live Events Reinsurance Scheme in wake of coronavirus pandemic
- CHIEF service to close from March 2023, Government reveals
- Fewest number of workers on furlough since scheme launched last year
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- Cumbria Tourism Survey
- Looking to start a new business? You aren’t alone
- Keeping a lid on business expenses
- Retain key staff with salary sacrifice schemes
- Cash flow statements – How to avoid errors that damage your business
- Avoid the pitfalls of the SEISS scheme
- Company tax returns must include COVID-19 grants says HMRC
- Business leader calls for action on skills to support the recovery
- UK business confidence hits a four-year high
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- Home Office facing probe over post-Brexit EU resettlement scheme
- Exports have still not recovered to pre-Brexit levels says survey
- British science projects hit by Brexit row with EU
- Post-Brexit row over Northern Ireland sparks trade war fear
- Recovery in exports, but uncertain outlook for post-Brexit UK, says survey
- Ports consider legal action after border controls delayed again
- What impact are Brexit rules having on EU-UK trade?
- Setting up in the EU – An alternative solution to Brexit trade challenges?
- Big fall in businesses exporting to EU ‘caused by Brexit red tape’
- Divided opinion over the introduction of new border import controls
- Brexit leaves shortfall in university-led training projects funding
- Post-Brexit customs rules eased to allow aid to flow to Ukraine
- Brexit: UK exports to single market fall amid “unstable” trading environment
- International trade: UK moves into second and final phase of accession to join CPTPP
- Brexit: new competition rules to replace retained EU laws
- UK Single Trade Window to save traders time and money in wake of Brexit
- Brexit: have your say on the future of customs
- Brexit Freedoms Bill to be brought forward
- Brexit: UK launches “world-leading” data council to help seize global data sharing opportunities
- Half of firms “not confident” in trading with EU following introduction of full customs controls
- Do you know the new UK commodity codes?
- What are the new rules for importing goods into Great Britain?
- What is the Export Support Service and how can it help my business?
- Everything you need to know about the new WTO Services Domestic Regulation
- New digital export strategy to boost trade in wake of Brexit
- Made in the UK, Sold to the World: How will Britain’s new trading strategy boost exports?
- How can UK Export Finance help my business trade overseas?
- How will the UK’s free trade deals help British businesses?
- Brexit: New immigration rules to help alleviate Britain’s HGV crisis
- Retained EU laws to be “improved or repealed” if they do not benefit British businesses
- Revised Brexit timetable to give businesses “more time to adjust”
- Employment: Brexit continues to disrupt job market
- Brexit and immigration: the key dates you need to know about
- UKCA marking deadline extended by one year following coronavirus disruption
- Government to launch new animal welfare standards following EU departure
- How can I prepare to use the Customs Declaration Service?
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- Businesses urge Government to reopen SME Brexit Support Fund as two-thirds of cash goes unclaimed
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- Navigating the challenge of late payments
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