Blog11th Apr 2018Trading & Property Allowances ‘TAPAS’– A simple yet tasty treatTwo new annual tax-free allowances of £1,000 for property and trading income have taken effect from 2017/18 onwards, designed to make life easier for micro–entrepreneurs who may be selling their own products online or renting out a room on Airbnb.View more
Blog9th Apr 2018Will Size Matter to the Entrepreneur?In order to continue to promote enterprise and encourage growth HMRC have recently published a consultation to allow individuals to retain their Entrepreneurs’ Relief (“ER”) entitlement where certain qualifying conditions are no longer met.View more
Blog6th Apr 2018Outgrowing Your Finance System – A side effect of successAs a business expands it faces a number of challenges to remain successful and prioritising which of those challenges to focus on will have an impact on those that receive less attention. Often the viewpoint of management teams can be…View more
Blog6th Apr 2018Decoding the Complexities of DismissalDismissal is a taboo topic within the employment realm and has been since the introduction of employment legislation like the Employment Rights Act 1996. As a HR Consultancy, the topic of dismissal is never too far from the workload at…View more
Blog5th Apr 2018WEBINAR: VAT in the GCC – Early Lessons LearnedAs a follow-up to the seminar hosted by AAB at Kingshill View on 21 November 2017, Markus Susilo, Partner at Crowe Horwath – UAE, will present a webinar at 12:30 on Tuesday 17th April 2018.View more
Blog5th Apr 2018Domicile Tax Enquiries – Are you affected?We have noticed significant changes in the way HMRC is approaching domicile challenges. These enquiries appear to have been centralised and are receiving so-called ‘specialist’ consideration. HMRC is demanding a huge amount of information going back sometimes 30, 40 or 50…View more
Blog5th Apr 2018EMI Option Scheme status to be lost as EU State Aid approval lapsesHMRC has published an announcement affecting grants under the Enterprise Management Incentive (“EMI”) Option Schemes from 7 April 2018.View more
Blog4th Apr 2018Scottish Taxes – Update on Changes to Tax ReliefAs we head into the start of the new 2018/19 financial year, further details unfold in relation to the new Scottish rates of tax. Our earlier blogs detail the finalised rates of tax and the implications this will have on…View more
Blog3rd Apr 2018Supplier Relationship Management – why should anyone care?It always struck me that we became obsessive about customer relationship management, “CRM”, (and the “fancy” systems that supposedly delivered it to us on a plate!) but never really focused enough energy and intellect on supplier relationship management, “SRM”.View more
Blog1st Apr 2018Sponsorship is one of the Most Important Elements in any Change JourneyAfter delivering change, transformation, business and process improvement projects for over thirty years, it is difficult not to accept that one of the most important elements in change project success is effective and proactive sponsorship. In fact, without effective and…View more
Blog29th Mar 2018Child Care Vouchers – The ExtensionIf you had employees who were not currently part of a Childcare Voucher Scheme by 6 April 2018, the opportunity to join the scheme would have not been available under rules to phase out new applicants to the Childcare Voucher…View more
Blog27th Mar 2018What’s your future GAP?The question we find ourselves increasingly asking clients is: how ready are you to meet the challenges of the future and what preparation are you doing now? As the world enters the 4th Industrial Revolution – sometimes also referred to…View more