Blog29th Jul 2015Start planning for the future with your accountantAccountants do a lot more than simply crunch numbers. They can be trusted partners who’ll help you draw up a compelling business plan.View more
Blog29th Jul 2015Why trusts are giving way to Family Investment CompaniesFor people with significant wealth, Family Investment Companies are now a more fashionable way of planning for the future.View more
Blog28th Jul 2015How ‘the cloud’ is impacting on accountantsWe are all getting used to how “the cloud” impacts on us in our personal lives, for example storing data such as photos and music on our smartphones that we can access and share from anywhere in the world.View more
Blog13th Jul 2015Free up your time with professional, strategic supportMany professional services firms – including accountants – employ a ‘practice manager’ to oversee and co-ordinate their work. Plenty of companies in other sectors could benefit from exactly the same kind of approach.View more
Blog7th Jul 2015Prepare to shareBefore May’s election, many businesses were uncertain about whether they would pursue shareholder status for key employees. Now there’s a definite flurry of interest.View more
Blog5th Jun 2015UK Government’s ‘Googletax’ targets global tax avoidanceIn his Budget speech on March 18, George Osborne reiterated the determination of the UK Government to work together with other world leaders to tackle the well-publicised and currently topical issue of international tax avoidance.View more
Blog5th Jun 2015Get ready for the new Customs regime1 May 2016 will see the introduction of the new Union Customs Code (“UCC”). This is essentially a rewrite of the existing Code which will have a major impact on the way businesses involved in import/export of goods deal with…View more
Blog29th May 2015Banking on the right decisionWhen a client needs to persuade a bank to make a substantial investment in their business, I always recommend that they get their professional advisers involved at the earliest possible stage. Unless you have your accountant on board and get…View more
Blog29th May 2015Investors: here’s some real food for thoughtJONATHAN GIBSON, Director of Wealth Services at AAB Wealth, says that we can learn a lot about investment strategy by turning on the TV.View more
Blog25th May 2015The Non-Domiciled Spouse ElectionThe number of marriages between two people from different countries is ever growing. In an age of increasing globalisation, where the opportunities to live and work across the globe are opened up to us all, this is perhaps not surprising.…View more
Blog18th May 2015See, Hear and Speak UpThe UK’s Public Information Disclosure Act 1998 was introduced in order to ensure there was comprehensive protection in place for employees so that they could come forward and report serious wrongdoing in their workplace, by making a ‘protected disclosure’, without…View more
Blog14th May 2015Five ways to measure business healthKeep on top of how well your business is performing by monitoring five key indicators.View more