We are unpaid tax collectors

We are unpaid tax collectors

by | Mar 26, 2024 | Business Support

Clients often refer to the VAT added to supplier invoices as if it were a cost to their business regardless of their VAT position. This is true if you are not registered for VAT, you do not have to add VAT to your sales and you cannot recover any VAT you pay on...
Public sector productivity

Public sector productivity

by | Mar 12, 2024 | Business Support

In a recent announcement by the Treasury, it was announced that plans are afoot to deliver up to £1.8bn of productivity benefits by 2029. The aim is to improve public sector productivity, including releasing police time for more frontline work.  The...
Companies House rolls-out new powers

Companies House rolls-out new powers

by | Mar 4, 2024 | Business Support

The first measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCT Act) came into force on Monday 4 March 2024. Changes introduced include: greater powers to query information and request supporting evidence; stronger checks on company names; ...
A new champion for small businesses appointed

A new champion for small businesses appointed

by | Feb 28, 2024 | Business Support

An experienced entrepreneur has taken up a key role to promote the needs of small businesses to government and ensure suppliers seize the benefits of the Procurement Act. Shirley Cooper OBE, former chair and president of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and...
Top-line, bottom-line?

Top-line, bottom-line?

by | Feb 20, 2024 | Business Support

Most small business owners are happy, from a financial point of view, if sales are in line with expectations. And there are obvious grounds for this conclusion, after all, if sales dry up there are no funds feeding into cashflow. Unfortunately, top-line sales are just...