BUY TO LET MORTGAGE – TAX CHANGES Part of the announcements in this year’s Budget, was the proposal to restrict the amount of tax relief available to landlords who have mortgaged properties. The restrictions will be phased in over 5 years and will be complete by the tax year ended 5 April 2021 Tax year [...]

How come some businesses thrive in the face of competitive chaos and turbulent change whilst others stutter and stall? Is your Business safe from competitive attack? Download the latest copy of our Business Bitesize to find out more.  

The P11D form is used to notify HM Revenue & Customs of benefits that you have received from your company; these include private medical insurance, gym membership and company cars.  However, you also have to report travel & subsistence and entertaining expenses that have been paid using the company credit card or reimbursed to you. [...]

It’s a rare occasion to receive something for free, but now, Companies House, in line with the government’s commitment to free data, has launched a new public beta service which gives access to over 170 million company records for free! The service provides access to digital records on companies and directors including financial accounts, company [...]

This month’s guest blog is by Isobel Brett of Bretts Business Recovery, based in Gravesend. As well as a qualified Insolvency Practitioner Isobel plays golf and organises the Kent Business Professional Golf Society which gives you the opportunity to meet other professionals over a hopefully enjoyable round of golf! If this article raises any issues [...]

I was idly browsing the other day and came across The Body Coach On-line 90 day programme which involves a combination of exercise and healthy eating, the catch phrase being Lean in 15 - #leanin15 It got me thinking if it takes 90 days of doing something different to form a habit that will change [...]

How Lean is your Business?  Are you Driving out Waste? There were many great examples and ideas to introduce “lean thinking” into your business but as always it is the implementation of those ideas that is critical step, so I thought I would share a couple of ideas that I have used.   The first [...]

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Do know your staging date for auto-enrolment? Early planning and action is the first step on your road to successful implementation of auto-enrolment

Happy belated Star Wars day to you all!   The force - an invisible force that binds all life together which if you have a high metachlorian count you can master and produce feats of incredible speed, agility and effectively see what's coming and be able to react, well that's according to Yoda and the [...]