Finance

We will make our country a science and technology superpower” were the words written by the Prime Minister in the 3 March 2021 ‘Build Back Better: our plan for growth’ policy paper.…

Albert Einstein said: “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them”.  Problem solving can require a fair degree of innovation, which in turn…

On 1 January 2021 the UK started to trade with the EU according to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which was finally agreed on 24 December 2020. The agreement is…

The National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates will rise from April 2021, in accordance with the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission (LPC). The NLW will increase by 2.2% from…

It is commonplace for SME business owners, where the directors and shareholders are one and the same, to pay themselves a small salary and then take the balance of their remuneration…

If you have employees still working from home, when was the last time you surveyed them to check that their homeworking arrangements are satisfactory? Commissioning HR have created a simple survey…

Christmas is a time of giving, but keeping the tax office off the gift list may require some careful advanced planning. We take a look at what is allowed and…

The government has announced further measures to support businesses as the pandemic continues – this time extending the furlough scheme to the end of March 2021 and giving more help to the self-employed.…

In a world where nearly everybody has a vast amount of information available at their fingertips (be it via smart phones, tablets, or laptops), it is concerning how many business…

Whether you are starting out, wanting to grow your business, need to inject funds or protect your business, the likelihood is that you will need to raise some form of…