Dec 8, 2020 | Current Affairs
More than 700 small employers and sole traders have signed up to offer placements to people aged between 16 and 24 through the Government’s kickstart scheme. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has backed the initiative, which offers placements and a raft of...
Dec 7, 2020 | Current Affairs
Lockdown measures and mounting pressures on businesses could result in a “dramatic rise” in late self-assessment tax return filing this year, according to the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT).Almost a million self-assessment tax returns were filed late in...
Dec 4, 2020 | Current Affairs
SMEs are increasingly looking ahead to the future, according to research published by UK Finance.The research found 42% of SMEs said their plans were future-focused in the third quarter of 2020, compared with 25% who were still focused on the immediate impact as a...
Dec 3, 2020 | Current Affairs
The number of coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS) applications is set to rise, according to finance lender MarketFinance.The research revealed 27% of small businesses said they would not survive to see 2021 based on their current cash balances and...
Dec 2, 2020 | Current Affairs
HMRC and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have launched a new action to cut out misleading marketing of tax avoidance schemes.The joint enforcement aims to protect people from being presented with false advertising which may tempt them into tax avoidance.The...
