SMEs receive a record £6.7 billion in equity funding
Jun 17, 2019
Last year, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) attracted a record £6.7 billion in equity investments, representing a five per cent year-on-year increase. According to the British Business Bank’s annual Small Business Equity Tracker report, the UK equity investment market has grown ...
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TSB launches digital advice program to support small business owners
Jun 13, 2019
A nationwide programme has been launched by high street bank TSB in a bid to help improve the digital expertise of small business owners. As more and more day to day business tasks move online, small businesses and self-employed workers are ...
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HMRC refunds £1.8 million child benefit tax penalties
Jun 10, 2019
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued £1.8 million in refunds after reviewing cases where families were hit with penalties for failing to register for a charge relating to their child benefits. Thousands of penalties have been cancelled as a result ...
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Businesses are not adapting for millennial dads
Jun 06, 2019
In today’s society, there has been a ‘seismic shift’ among male millennials, yet, recent research has revealed that the majority of businesses are failing to understand that they need to be offering the flexibility these employees require to balance work ...
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HMRC backs down from pension tax case
Jun 03, 2019
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has recently withdrawn an appeal in a key court case over a 55 per cent charge it wanted to levy. As a result, this could mean savers who have accidentally breached their lifetime allowance fixed protection ...
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Victims of scams to be refunded by banks
May 30, 2019
Thousands of people who fall victim to scams are to receive new protection after a number of the UK’s biggest banks agreed to introduce a new code. The code will give people better protection against authorised push payment scams, where victims ...
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Are you aware of the inheritance tax risks associated with gifting?
May 20, 2019
According to new research conducted by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), only one in four people who make financial gifts are aware of the inheritance tax (IHT) risks. The research found that ...
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Workers could be missing out by not checking personal tax accounts
May 16, 2019
According to the latest research from the Post Office, just under half (46 per cent) of workers have never checked their personal tax accounts. In 2015, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) introduced the Personal Tax Account to try and make it ...
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Does HMRC treat all businesses fairly?
May 13, 2019
According to a recent British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) survey, three in five businesses (58 per cent) believe the tax system is “fundamentally unfair”. The figures have revealed that out of 1,000 respondents, 67 per cent said they don’t feel HM ...
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Shareholders powers are not tackling excessive executive pay issues
May 09, 2019
Measures that were implemented to give shareholders the powers to veto excessive executive pay packages have failed according to new research from a think tank. Rules were put in place back in 2013, which meant all listed firms have had to ...
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