Category Archives: Blog

Budget 2020 – Personal Finance Summary

Budget Briefcase

The new chancellor has just sat down after delivering his first budget statement.  The issue of the government’s response to coronavirus dominated the first part of his speech. Of more interest to us and our clients were the measures that directly affect personal finances. Our summary of the key issues: […]

Freedom of time, mind and finance for healthcare clients

financial freedom

Our mission at Robson Laidler is to enable individuals and businesses to gain more freedom, through expert advice at every stage of their journey.   We therefore aim to help create freedom of time, mind and financial freedom for all of our clients including our healthcare clients.   In recent […]

Changes to Employment Allowance from 6 April 2020

employment allowance

Employment Allowance was introduced in April 2014, to support businesses and charities by cutting the cost of employment. Employment Allowance was however introduced the day after Statutory Sick Pay recovery was abolished. The £2,000 annual allowance was increased to £3,000 from April 2016. Employment Allowance is claimed by eligible employers […]

Associate Dentists: Employed or Self-Employed?

NHS pension exit

2006 saw the introduction of the new NHS Dental Services Contract and the issue surrounding Associate Dentists and their Employment Status has been an issue for discussion ever since.   The big change in the 2006 contract was that the practice now owned the contract and Associates were engaged to […]

Danielle’s wealth of knowledge makes her the perfect appointment

Wealth Management

Robson Laidler Wealth has strengthened its team with the appointment of Danielle Knowles, with more than 15 years industry experience, as a paraplanner.   Danielle, 37, has joined Robson Laidler Wealth from a specialist medical accountancy and financial planning firm where she worked in the Corporate Department for 12 years […]

Robson Laidler Launches R&D Advisory Service

R&D tax credits

ROBSON Laidler has launched a service that has already saved our clients almost £395,000 by realising and reclaiming Research and Development (R&D) tax credits available to them from HMRC. We have established the new R&D tax credits offering to complement our accounting, business advisory and wealth management services, to help […]

What does the Coronavirus mean for investors?

Facemask

Since the start of the year news headlines have heavily featured the outbreak of the coronavirus in China.  The virus has had the effect of stopping flights, slowing trade and prompted the building of a new hospital in record time. Epidemics like this can quickly unnerve investors and potentially affect […]

Financial planning in the North East – fail to plan, plan to fail

financial planning success

It’s a well-known expression and one that we at Robson Laidler Wealth focus 100% of our client time on. To us, working with our clients is not about selling products, we’re always thinking about our clients’ plans and how we might help achieve them with good financial planning. Our priority […]

Getting to Know Us – Amanda Cowie, Robson Laidler Wealth

Amanda Cowie gains accreditation

When we meet someone in real life, we ask questions to get to know them better. We listen to their anecdotes, ideas, opinions, and beliefs. We try to unearth their story, and to tell our own. The end goal is to connect. In business the rules don’t really change. We […]

Business owners – Want more money, more time or less stress?

Freedom

We believe our clients all deserve the three freedoms: Financial Freedom; Time Freedom; and Mind Freedom. In other words, more money and time to spend on important things outside of their business, along with less stress. Is your business stifling your freedom? Being in business is tough. At times, you […]