Four-day week 'an overwhelming success' in Iceland Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an "overwhelming success" and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said. With many people’s productivity increasing, many moved from a 40-hour week to a 35-hour week. In May, a report commissioned by the [...]
For the first time in the last few years, I recently, had a business owner tell me that they did not want to grow their business. Whilst I do understand that not everyone has the motivation to grow, before I accept that they do not actually want to grow, I try [...]
HMRC to go easy on small business strangled with Covid debt Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, says HMRC will not press businesses to pay overdue tax immediately if they are struggling with coronavirus-related debt. With the UK at the final stages of lockdown, small businesses fear they cannot pay overdue debt [...]
Here are the changes explained. Corporation Tax is set to rise from 19% to 25% from 1st April 2023. The full rate of 25% will only be applicable for those businesses making profits of over £250,000. Businesses earning profits of between £50,000 to £250,000 will be able to claim marginal relief. Tax is higher [...]
UK Covid LIVE: PM to announce on Monday if lockdown can lift on July 5 as Hancock says data ‘looking encouraging’ With everyone hoping that Freedom Day is not far away, an announcement from Boris Johnson on Monday will determine if the final restrictions can be lifted earlier than the pushed [...]
A website is a pre-requisite for doing business nowadays – every business has one. It probably cost a few thousand pounds and, if you used a reasonable website designer, it probably looks great. And you are probably really proud of it. But the point of a website is to get customers [...]
UK jobs market showing signs of recovery With the increase in vaccinations and more businesses reopening, the job market is now showing signs of recovering - unemployment rates are falling and the number of job vacancies is rising. This however doesn't apply to the younger generation where unemployment in hospitality remains [...]
There is tax to pay on any benefits that you provide to yourself and your employees. These are reported on form P11D each year and we regularly prepare these for our clients. The deadline for form P11D is 6th July and any liability is due to be paid by 19th July. [...]
With the goverment promise to make greener choices the Kent County Council want to make a move to electric vans! Securing £1.5M of Highways England funding to operate a two-year electric van scheme for businesses. The aim is to encourage businesses to convert their fleets to electric, with a free 2 [...]
The last 15 months have been unusual for everyone and not least for those who are running a business. If you are in a business that was severely affected by Covid, you may now just be coming back online or you may have been able to pivot and go in a [...]
