2024 Budget - Changes to company car tax
The Autumn Budget has accountants, finance directors and business owners scratching their heads this morning trying to work out all the...
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Oct 14
International Investment Summit
Today we hear about the billions of pounds that private companies will be committing to invest in the UK. The International Investment...
Sep 23
Gifts from the Labour Conference?
Today we are eagerly awaiting the news from the Labour conference to see if UK businesses will be receiving any gifts from Labour. No...
Aug 11
Abolition of the furniture holiday lettings tax regime.
If you have a furnished holiday property you let, this will apply to you The government are introducing new tax treatments for furnished...
Jul 14
A celebration of 10 years of success. Goodness me where has that time gone?
I clearly remember leaving Ensors 10 years ago. Finishing on a Friday, saying goodbye to all my colleagues as I set off on a journey, a...
Jun 13
What are business prospects like if/when Labour win?
The latest poll results out yesterday have labour at 44% and the conservatives at 22%. If we switch to a labour government how will it...
May 15
Another positive week for the economy.
Another positive week for the economy. With the latest quarterly GDP figures showing a growth of 0.6% the UK came out of its shallow...
Apr 26
Consumer Confidence Rises
Good news with the consumer confidence data this month. With GfK reporting a figure of -19 the indicator rose to the levels seen in Jan...
Mar 19
End of Year Payroll task list
Send your final Full Payment Submission (FPS) on or before your employees’ last payday of the tax year (which ends on 5th April). If...
Feb 29
A list of things to do in March!
March 2024 Deadline Dates 1st March Pay corporation tax for accounting periods ended 31 May 2023 for SMEs not liable to pay by...
Feb 21
More positive signs - I don't want to suggest green shoots yet!
At the same time that we have reports that the country is in recession we hear today that the government finances show a large surplus...
Jan 23
Are tax cuts coming?
We are hearing that the December deficit was £6bn less than expected. The reported tax cuts planned by Jeremy Hunt may well come to...
Jan 23
Can we break from this cycle of rising and falling consumer confidence?
Reuters are reporting that the Bank of England may start cutting interest rates in the second quarter of this year. Following a 41 year...
Jan 3
Dec 22, 2023
Nov 14, 2023
Is a global recession on the way?
Fireworks night has passed, now only six weeks until Christmas, however the unseasonably warm weather means that any focus on Christmas...
Oct 22, 2023
Again global influences are impacting on domestic markets.
You would have noticed that the fuel prices are going up again. The UK no longer imports fuels from Russia so these price increase are...
Sep 13, 2023
July UK economy figures down by 0.5% will August be worse?
Today we heard that the UK economy contracted by 0.5% in July, this has been associated with striking teachers, radiographers and...
Aug 22, 2023
HMRC paid out over £500,000 to tax whistleblowers
It will be interesting to see if HMRC will be following the US copying their “whistleblower” payment policy. The US currently gives...
Jul 20, 2023
Do businesses remember how deflation can impact on sales?
As the rate of inflation starts to fall there can be an expectation that prices may become lower month on month. We have seen fuel drop...
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