Business owners looking to pass on a business to a new generation, a business partner, exit by way of a sale, or a sale to employees need to think in advance. A succession plan is a good place to start.

Businesses of all sizes and shapes crave financial certainty, and that remains in short supply. With costs increasing, businesses must forecast that financial impact if they are to plan for the future.

With only 3 weeks to go before the self assessment deadline it's time to take action if you haven't already. This year, it's more important than ever to get your information to your adviser as soon...

The UK government will in 2027 introduce a new carbon border adjustment mechanism, called UK CBAM, that will affect manufacturing businesses importing certain goods into the country.

In the 2015 budget, the Chancellor announced "the end of the tax return"! Further announcements set out a timetable for digitalising income tax, Corporation Tax and VAT returns.

HMRC is set to get tough on taxi businesses and their drivers together with scrap metal dealers from April 2022, requiring rigorous ‘tax checks' before any licence to operate is renewed.

It is common for business owners to pay themselves via a combination of salary and dividends. Business owners will look to take cash out of their business in the most tax-efficient way.

As we emerge into a post-Covid world, single academy trusts (SATs) will be under increasing pressure to join multi academy trusts (MATs). Should they consider moving now before they are pushed, asks Liz Wicks?

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) can be extremely complicated, especially when claiming reliefs that significantly reduce your tax liability.

Group company structures are found across all industry sectors but are perhaps more common in the real estate and financial services sectors. A structure might see the parent company owning...

If you currently use the CHIEF system for your export declarations, you will need to have moved to CDS by 30 November 2023.

Earlier this month, we hosted an online seminar for businesses who import/export to Northern Ireland/Great Britain. If you missed it or have questions about how the new United Kingdom Internal...

The Chancellor in his Budget yesterday extended the £1m annual investment allowance limit to 31 March 2023.

The Government's Covid support schemes were enormously successful with 1.67m businesses borrowing more than £80 billion through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)...

The window on claiming generous tax reliefs on capital expenditure is shortly to close.

A wave of post-covid entrepreneurism swept across the UK in the immediate aftermath of the Covid pandemic, with a 32% increase in company registrations between April 2021 and April 2023.

The Covid pandemic has seen an increasingly mobile workforce up sticks and work from warmer climates. Often encouraged by new ‘work from home' visas, digital nomads and their employers...

Cleaning up contaminated land and buildings can represent a major cost for developers, putting into question the viability of a scheme.

Capital gains tax is charged on the profits made from selling certain assets, such as a second home. From the 6 April 2023, the annual capital gains tax exemption will be more than halved...

The government's Job Retention Scheme ends on 30 September and employers will need to decide if they are to bring staff back from furlough or to let them go.