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How To Fund A Start Up

How to fund a start up

“Start Up” is an evocative word, which usually suggests San Francisco style tech companies with an electric scooter and a coffee obsession. However, the pandemic saw a dramatic increase in the number of new businesses being launched, as individuals started to take up a side hustle or monetise a long-held […]

Paying for care, how a local authority views deprivation of assets

Something that comes up, a lot! Many of us know of someone in care or needing care and, from our discussions, of course individuals don’t want to see family assets disappear to cover care fees. Conversely though, paying for your own care tends to come with choice.   There are […]

High earning NHS workers could face huge pension tax bills

High earning NHS workers could face huge pension tax bills

High earning NHS workers, including GPs and practice manager partners, could face a £33,000 tax bill due to the way inflation is applied to their pension. The Government has rejected a call from the Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants (AISMA) to repeat the 2019/20 compensation scheme, which protected NHS […]

How inflation may affect NHS pension members

NHS pension

With inflation on the rise it’s important to consider pension tax charges for NHS pension members. This has been a huge issue for medical professionals over recent years, which you will be very aware of.  Many NHS pension scheme members have reduced hours, declined additional responsibilities, left the scheme or […]

FCA brings huge changes to the pre-paid funeral plan industry

Pre-paid funeral plan industry | Robson Laidler

On 29th July 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) started regulating the pre-paid funeral plan industry. The regulation is expected to bring higher standards to the industry and boost consumer protection.   Up to this date, pre-paid funeral plans were voluntarily regulated by the Funeral Planning Authority (FPA), a self-regulated […]

Robson Laidler commits to climate action

sme climate action

Robson Laidler has become one of the first companies to join the SME Climate Hub, a new ground-breaking one-stop-shop climate action platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to curb carbon emissions, build business resilience and take climate leadership.   The SME Climate Hub is co-hosted by the International Chamber […]

Is Your Charity’s Reserves Policy Accurate?

Charity Reserves Policy

A couple of years ago, the Charities Commission carried out a review based on the reserves policy of a random sample of charities with income over £500,000. Within this review, the Charities Commission wanted to ensure whether charities had: explained their reserves policy; and stated their level of reserves correctly […]

What do you want, need and expect from your accountant?

what do clients want

As an accountant we understand that the current climate is affecting us all in many and different ways.  From businesses having to restructure and make changes to their workforce and work practices, to individuals and families having to tighten their belts, and re-evaluate their finances.   A recent report from […]

Robson Laidler recognized as a Best For The World™ for Governance

Best for the World

Robson Laidler recognized as a 2022 Best For The World™ for exceptional impact on its Governance Robson Laidler has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™ in recognition of its exceptional positive impact on Governance. Best for the World is a distinction granted by B Lab to […]