Revenues top £3bn for the first time after historic 2020
The UK Accounting industry’s turnover rose to £3.08bn in January – up 14.1 per cent on the previous month. This represents…
Accounting
Nearly 2m miss tax deadline
Around 1.8 million taxpayers have missed the self-assessment deadline, figures from HMRC show. More than 10.7 million people submitted their 2019/20…
Extended amnesty for firms to admit furlough ‘errors’
Employers will be given a further three months to own up to furlough fraud after the government announced it will extended…
Rainy Day savings? This is a downpour, says veteran accountant
He has been a chartered accountant for more than half a century, had the Freedom of London bestowed upon him, is…
New lenders approved for CBILS
The British Business Bank has announced that it has approved four new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme…
Small business sector ‘weeks from collapse’, say tax experts
The Chancellor has just days to act to support struggling small businesses and prevent many of the UKs three million self-employed…
How has the gig economy affected our tax bills?
By Andrew Millet The world of employment is changing for everyone. Whether you’re actively engaged in the gig economy or not,…
Accountants’ open letter plea to help SMEs
Accountants throughout the UK have written an open letter to the Chancellor pleading for more to help small businesses survive the…
Work drying up, income falling – it doesn’t have to mean redundancies
As the UK faces a period of significant financial disruption, businesses have already been badly hit with work decreasing, jobs cancelled…
How the finance sector welcomes technology
The majority of UK finance workers have widely rejected the idea that technology such as automation and artificial intelligence will “steal their job”….