Autumn 2024 Budget – A First Look

It is sometime since a Budget was as hotly anticipated as today’s – the first under a Labour Government in 14 years, and against a backdrop of what is claimed to be a large “black hole” in the nations finances, of £22bn or £40bn depending which report you read....

Scam Letters from Companies House

Recently we had a batch of scam letters arrive at our office for a selection of clients, sent to us as their Registered Office. These letters were purportedly from Companies House and referred to a “Payment Code Number”. At first glance they looked...

Second Class Retirement

This report via Accounting Web and Interactive Investor caught our eye recently: Under pensioned, under-prepared and under pressure: new interactive investor report (Summary via Accounting Web) Second-class retirement: the self-employed experience (full report) Its...

ACCA – Allocation of Tips Act 2023

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA What UK businesses need to know Hospitality or service-sector business owners understand the hard work their staff put in and how much...

Are you employing seasonal workers?

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA The Pensions Regulator is reminding employers to ensure they are complying with automatic enrolment pension duties this summer If you are...