Jan 26, 2022 | Government Announcements
The Government has launched a new support programme designed to help small businesses adopting digital technologies so they can grow. Applications for the ‘help to grow: digital' scheme opened on 20 January 2022, allowing eligible businesses to receive discounts of up...
Jan 24, 2022 | Government Announcements
Reports of scam HMRC phone calls have fallen by 97% over the last 12 months, latest data from the tax authority shows. Reports of scammers impersonating HMRC in phone calls peaked at 79,477 in March 2021 and fell to 2,492 in December 2021. HMRC also saw a 92% drop in...
Jan 21, 2022 | Government Announcements
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an end to all the COVID-19 measures he introduced to combat the Omicron variant next week. From 26 January, compulsory mask-wearing on public transport and in shops, work from home orders and ‘vaccine passports' will cease....
Jan 18, 2022 | Government Announcements
Owners of second homes who take advantage of a tax loophole by claiming their additional often-empty properties are holiday lets will have to follow new measures, the Government announced last week. From April 2023, second homeowners will have to prove holiday lets...
Jan 14, 2022 | Government Announcements
New measures to protect small pension schemes from being eroded by fees and charges were laid out in Parliament earlier this week. The rules, which come into effect from April 2022, mean pension savings invested in default funds of schemes used for auto-enrolment with...
