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Spring Statement 2022

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his Spring Statement on 23 March 2022. With inflation increasing, fuel prices rising and the debt of COVID still to be worked on, we’ve taken a look at the main points that will affect businesses from this year’s budget.

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Update on leasehold reform: Bill making its way thro...

Earlier this year The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill was published, which aims to put an…

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Claiming the next SEISS grant may not be straightfor...

News announced in the Budget of a fourth and fifth round of the Self-Employment Income Support…

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Budget 2021 Bulletin

We’ve summarised the main take home points from Rishi Sunak’s 2021 budget.

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Optimum Newsletter – January 2021

With Coronavirus taking its toll on lives and the economy, spring seems a long way off. We are also post-Brexit, and we are at the start of a new year. Is there a better time for doing some planning?

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Preparing for Brexit: 14 VAT dos and don’ts

Preparing for Brexit? The transition period for the UK to leave the EU is on 31 December 2020. Here are VAT steps your business should take.

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A third of probate cases face delays, survey reveals

As probate solicitors in Swindon we were interested, but not surprised, to read the results of…

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Flexible Furlough – the introduction

FLEXIBLE FURLOUGH INFORMATION COLLECTION FORMS The big news this week is the introduction of Flexible Furlough…

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C19 BUSINESS NEWS UPDATE

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme changes from the 1 July. Flexible Furlough starts on that date…

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REVERSE CHARGE VAT FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES –...

This brief explains that the introduction of the domestic reverse charge for construction services will be…

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JOB RETENTION SCHEME – FLEXIBLE FURLOUGHING AN...

From 1 July 2020, Businesses will have the flexibility to bring previously furloughed employees back to…

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CORONAVIRUS JOB RETENTION SCHEME extras

Do you employ Apprentices? Apprentices can be furloughed in the same way as other employees and…

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Cheltenham networking breakfast – Tuesday 12th...

Come along to our free networking breakfast in Cheltenham on Tuesday 12th December 2023 from 9am to 10.30am.

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Feeling generous this Christmas?

If you run a business and are feeling generous this Christmas, make sure you understand the tax rules around making Christmas gifts

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Autumn Statement 2023

Here’s our reaction to the 2023 Autumn Statement – there was talk of backing British business but there wasn’t a huge amount of substance.

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