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Top tips for filing your Self-Assessment tax return
15 November 2021
If you have to submit a Self-Assessment tax return to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), you only have a few weeks left to submit it online. The clock is ticking on the 31 January 2022 online tax return deadline – miss it, and you could face fines. The 2020/21 tax return covers earnings and payments during the pandemic...
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How businesses can avoid becoming the victims of fraud
15 November 2021
UK businesses have had plenty to cope with over the last 20 months or so. Hammered by COVID-19, hit by a skills shortage and coping with sometimes patchy supply chains. So, it’s even more important that they have robust measures in place to tackle fraud.
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Need Help to Grow? Learn about the latest Government-backed support for SMEs
15 November 2021
The Help to Grow campaign was first announced in the Spring Budget earlier this year but received yet another mention in the Autumn Budget as the Government ramps up support for smaller businesses. It has been designed to help more than 100,000 SMEs access management training and advice on innovations...
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Business rates reform – How will it affect you
15 November 2021
For years businesses on the British high street have been calling for reforms to the business rates system. The Chancellor has finally announced new measures in the Autumn Budget that he claims will reduce the burden of business rates in England by over £7 billion over the next five years.
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Global Britain Investment Fund to support inwards investment in wake of Brexit
11 November 2021
The Global Britain Investment Fund will encourage overseas investors and international businesses to invest in the UK in the wake of Brexit, it has been announced. The scheme – revealed during the Autumn Budget 2021 – is possible now that the UK has left the European Union. Here’s what you need to know.
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How can UK Export Finance help my business trade overseas?
05 November 2021
With a mission to “ensure that no viable UK export fails for lack of finance or insurance”, UK Export Finance has been helping businesses trade around the world for over a century. In this blog, we’re going to learn more about what the department does, and how export finance could help your business succeed.
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How will the UK’s free trade deals help British businesses?
29 October 2021
Since officially leaving the European Union earlier this year, the UK has been free to strike its own international trade deals with markets from around the world. But what deals have been agreed, and how will they help British businesses? In this blog, we are going to explore how far the UK has come since leaving the EU.
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Autumn Budget 2021
27 October 2021
With the Speaker of the House of Commons by tradition not presiding over the Budget, the Chancellor might have hoped he would escape a rebuke over the number of important announcements disclosed to the media in advance. That was not to be, with the Chancellor instead receiving a ticking-off from Dame Eleanor Laing, the Chairman of...
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Worried COVID Plan B may affect you or your business?
25 October 2021
The pandemic and its restrictions have placed a strain on all of us. It is not surprising that many fear the return of more measures that restrict our lives and businesses. There is growing concern that we are heading towards another spike in infections and a move to Plan B – what does this mean for you?
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Northern Ireland Protocol: EU proposals would “cut 80 per cent of checks” on goods
21 October 2021
The European Union (EU) has proposed to cut 80 per cent of checks on certain goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. The move could draw a line under the so-called ‘sausage war’ and ease the movement of goods under the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s what you need to know.
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