Autumn Statement 2015 – more detail

Please note this content was written contemporaneously, and may well now be superseded Autumn Statement 25 November 2015 The autumn statement is an opportunity for the government to review and declare it’s spending for the next year. Most of the press commentary,...

IPO and Companies House briefings

The Intellectual Property Office and Companies House are holding three briefings across the country for accountants. These briefings will take place in: Southampton: 20 October Coventry: 24 November London: 2 December. The aim is help accountants: understand the...

Is an end to late payment on the cards?

Policymakers in the UK involved in SME financing need to rethink how they manage and regulate trade credit and late payment, says ACCA in the final instalment of our three part research into late payment called Ending Late Payment. ACCA believes that governments and...

On the move!

Later this year, Whitefield will be moving – not far, just a mile up the road to Brading town centre. The astute may recognise the building 🙂 At present its chaos, but, hopefully, order will soon prevail.  

Accessing HMRC manuals

How to access HMRC staff manuals as they are moved to GOV.UK HMRC staff manuals are moving to GOV.UK and the old HMRC website no longer has a search facility. The manuals remain searchable only by using external search engines. Since the HMRC site closed to new...

Changes to HMRC bank accounts – February 2016

From HMRC in their own words From February 2016, HMRC will move its bank accounts to Barclays. Most taxpayers paying their bills electronically will be unaffected and do not need to do anything. Customers who currently pay using Bank Giro or Transcash payslips should...

Finance using intellectual property

The IPO has developed an intellectual property (IP) finance toolkit. The toolkit includes: templates and guidance to help businesses accurately identify and describe their IP assets in a way that prepares them for finance applications and supports the decision making...