As the last few “non-essential” businesses take their first tentative steps out of lockdown and back to some kind of normality, they return to a vastly changed economic landscape, but there is hope and using an income matrix can help to map sales. You may be familiar with Robson Laidler’s […]
Category Archives: Business
08
Apr
Apr
Many will be mourning the loss of the CBILS and BBL schemes and the access to cheap credit, which ended this month. However, the new Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), the Government’s latest covid-19 support programme, which launched this week still provides much needed additional finance to businesses affected by Covid-19. […]
08
Apr
Apr
The dawning of a new tax year commonly sees a flurry of share transfers as business owners seek to ensure their extractions of profits are tax-efficient. However, transfers of shares between family members and employees can hold lots of hidden tax charges. Here are three of the main types […]
01
Apr
Apr
As everyone who’s ever started their own business can confirm, cash is king. Without a steady flow of capital into the business, your ability to expand – and even to stay afloat – is likely to be severely compromised. That’s why cash flow management and forecasting play such a vital […]
29
Mar
Mar
One of the most striking additions to the March 2021’s Budget Announcement was the introduction of a new “Super Deduction” which offers a 130% writing down allowance on qualifying investments. Although this was heralded as the “biggest business tax cut in British history”, do the headlines translate to big tax […]
18
Mar
Mar
HMRC are now asking certain self-employed people to prove that they are still in business before they can claim the next SEISS grant. This is only for those who have indicated that their business ceased trading in the period from 6 April 2018 to 5 April 2020. A pause in […]
16
Mar
Mar
The principle behind our Business Accelerator service is the “Now, Where, How” framework, which helps businesses and individuals facilitate growth by working through three questions. This can be universally applied to clients who are eligible for Research and Development claims: Where are we right NOW? WHERE do we want to […]
15
Mar
Mar
We’ve reached the anniversary of us all packing up our office and working from home! We cannot believe it’s been a year. It’s certainly had its ups and downs. Recently we read an article in The Times, which covered how six successful women work from home, so we thought we’d […]
11
Mar
Mar
We receive a lot of questions along the lines of “how can I plan more efficiently?” or “how can I access my information in real time?” The answers all come back to one key element that not many of us have a lot of – time. Here’s our top three […]
Blog, Business, Tax, Taxable Benefits, Uncategorised
Tapered annual allowance – will high earners contribute more?
09
Mar
Mar
The 2020 Budget increased the scope for many high earners to make a bigger pension contribution in the tax year ending 5 April 2021. The annual allowance income limit was increased to £200,000, significantly reducing the number of people affected by the tapered annual allowance. The availability of a full […]