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Blog11th Aug 2016

Payroll Outsourcing – Putting Your Business First

For many businesses, payroll outsourcing offers an attractive and valuable alternative to in-house processing. Choosing a payroll provider correctly offers a less expensive, simpler means of ensuring your employees, HRMC and NI are paid correctly on time, every time. However,…

Blog8th Aug 2016

The Real Cost of Redundancy & Managing the Tax Implications

No employer wants to lose employees but the contraction in the oil price means that this has become an unfortunate necessity for many businesses.

Blog5th Aug 2016

Why honesty is always the best policy

Preventing bribery should be the concern of every business. It’s also a legal requirement.

Blog2nd Aug 2016

Some great ideas to help your grandchildren

There are a number of steps grandparents can take to help their grandchildren financially, argues LISA WATSON of AAB. In fact, they may be in a stronger position in this respect than the kids’ parents.

Blog27th Jul 2016

Sitting down with a start up

Here’s a checklist of issues accountants like to discuss with clients setting up in business for the first time.

Blog26th Jul 2016

Tax relief for innovative corporate businesses

In this blog we remind company directors to consider whether they are eligible for the R&D Tax Reliefs. Research and Development (R&D) tax relief is a company tax relief which applies to all UK companies and can either reduce a…

Blog22nd Jul 2016

Enhancing regulatory compliance in Care Homes

Care Home providers across the UK are entrusted to care for the vulnerable and provide national standards of quality and safety required by law. National Standards cover a number of areas such as how patients and persons are treated, the…

By Sean McAuley

Blog13th Jul 2016

M&A Integration Business Planning

It is often reported that the principal reason for merger & acquisition deal failure is attributed to not paying proper attention to the integration process before, during and after a transaction. This is a common theme across all business sectors…

Blog11th Jul 2016

Invest some time to understand tax changes

In this blog we examine the recent changes to the treatment of investment income…

Blog14th Jun 2016

Payroll outsourcing services… What are the advantages?

In recent years, organisations have been investing in software solutions to bring their payroll back in-house. Now though, with the introduction of RTI and auto enrolment, which together represent the biggest changes to payroll in the UK in modern times,…

Blog13th Jun 2016

Private landlord? Don’t wait for a knock on the door.

Are you a private landlord letting out a residential property? If so, you may want to take advantage of a scheme operated by HMRC.

Blog10th Jun 2016

How R&D tax relief can cut your costs

In the current economic climate companies are increasingly looking for ways to cut their costs. One option, where you are eligible, is to make a claim for Research & Development (R&D) Tax Relief.