New coronavirus-related measures impacting on the employment relationship

The government’s latest advice, as confirmed in the COVID-19 Secure guidelines for different types of workplaces, is that office workers ...

Which way to go?

If your business has managed to negotiate the pandemic thus far without shedding staff you have probably made good use ...

Acas, CBI and TUC on handling redundancies

Acas, the CBI and the TUC have issued a joint statement to employers on best practice for handling redundancy situations ...

Excuse v apology

We have all been in situations where we have received bad service. For example, you place an order in a ...

The new Winter Economy Plan – Summary of Measures

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has today delivered a statement to the House of Commons outlining plans to help protect jobs ...

When the cash basis is not available to a property business

The cash basis scheme helps landlords, sole traders and other unincorporated businesses to benefit from a simpler way of managing ...

Definition of a potentially exempt transfer

The majority of gifts made during a person's life are not subject to tax at the time of the gift ...

Companies in partnership

A Partnership is a relatively simple way for two or more legal persons to set up and run a business ...

Removing your home address from the public register

Company directors and other eligible people such as company secretaries, people with significant control (PSC) and LLP members can apply ...

Claiming tax relief for work related expenses

Employees who need to buy equipment to use as part of their employment may be able to claim tax relief ...

Changes to duty free shopping

The government has published the new rules for duty free and tax free shopping that will come into effect from ...

Venues required to record contact details

It has become a requirement for premises and venues across England to have a system in place to record contact ...

Tax Diary October/November 2020

1 October 2020 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 December 2019. 19 October 2020 ...

Where is the silver lining?

It is really difficult to maintain a sense of equilibrium and optimism in these difficult times. Even if you can ...

Mothballing your business assets

Mothballing as used in a business sense is usually defined as to stop using a piece of equipment or process, ...