by Lisa Dickson | Jan 17, 2022 | Business Advice
Tax-efficient advice for limited company directors. Believe it or not, there are more than 4.7 million limited companies registered in the UK, including the 810,316 incorporations that signed up in 2020/21. Only around 2m are actively trading, but the number of new...
by Lisa Dickson | Aug 27, 2021 | Business Advice
New businesses can still grow and flourish. Not much can stop determined entrepreneurs from building a new business from the ground up, even during such challenging times as a COVID-19 or its ensuing fallout. The pandemic has proven a huge challenge for businesses,...
by Lisa Dickson | Jul 12, 2021 | Business Advice
Planning to take advantage of low interest rates? After a challenging year for the UK’s residential landlords, you might have read about improvements to the buy-to-let mortgage market in recent weeks. In the three months to 31 May 2021, the average interest rates for...
by Lisa Dickson | Jun 4, 2021 | Business Advice
Allowable expenses and allowances in 2021/22. If you’re self-employed, your business will rack up various running costs throughout 2021/22. Some of those you’re able to deduct as allowable expenses. By deducting these allowable expenses as part of calculating your...
by Lisa Dickson | Nov 26, 2020 | Business Advice
Chancellor declares “economic emergency”. Had everything gone to plan this year, the Chancellor would have been delivering his Autumn Budget speech. Instead, Rishi Sunak declared an “economic emergency” alongside a slimmed-down spending plan to see him through until...
by Lisa Dickson | Sep 25, 2020 | Business Advice
Emergency jobs package to replace furlough scheme. With the furlough scheme winding down and local lockdowns on the increase to try and curb the rising tide of coronavirus, it was almost inevitable the Chancellor would have to step in again. On 24 September 2020,...
