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by Lorna Watson

7 Mar 2016

The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. This has made me think about my own experiences over a 35 year career and how they have mirrored (or not) general patterns in the accountancy industry.

1 Mar 2016

From April 2016 employer national insurance contributions (NICs) up to the upper earnings secondary threshold (UESC) will effectively be abolished for apprentices aged under 25.

1 Mar 2016

The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) allows charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) to claim a top-up payment equal to the 20% basic rate of income tax on small donation income where it would be difficult to obtain a Gift Aid declaration from the donor.

1 Mar 2016

The role that grandparents play in providing care for their grandchildren is being officially recognised, as new proposals are set to allow working grandparents to benefit from Shared Parental Leave and Pay.

1 Mar 2016

As HMRC moves more of its services online, fraudsters are exploiting this transition by targeting taxpayers with bogus or fake emails.

1 Mar 2016

The National Living Wage (NLW) comes into effect in April 2016, and is set to have a significant impact on both employers and employees. Here we explore the NLW and its potential implications for you in more detail.

1 Mar 2016

HMRC has officially launched its new digital Personal Tax Accounts (PTA) system.

1 Mar 2016

Remuneration by way of benefits can be an attractive option for many employees.

1 Mar 2016

When Chancellor George Osborne delivered his combined Autumn Statement and Spending Review to the House of Commons, it contained a number of surprises for individuals

1 Mar 2016

When Chancellor George Osborne delivered his combined Autumn Statement and Spending Review to the House of Commons, it contained a number of surprises for businesses

1 Mar 2016

The Scotland Act 2012 gave the Scottish Parliament landmark new powers to set an annual rate of income tax for Scottish taxpayers.

1 Mar 2016

Recent changes to company law have imposed new obligations on UK companies, as well as those holding interests in UK companies.

22 Feb 2016

Shaw Gibbs is expanding its operation by opening a second office in London’s West End.

28 Jan 2016

Shaw Gibbs announces the appointment of Clifford Brown as Director & Head of Corporate Finance.

28 Jan 2016

Shaw Gibbs has awarded directorships to three senior staff, Sarah Gardener, Ed Porter and Hayley Simmons, who have all successfully completed its internal Director Development Programme

15 Jan 2016

There has been a significant increase in the take up of cloud computing with recent reports suggesting that around 90 per cent of UK businesses would be using at least one cloud-based service by the end of 2015.

7 Jan 2016

On death, ISAs form part of your estate. If being transferred to your spouse, the biggest issue was always not this but that ISAs automatically lost their tax efficiency on death.

7 Jan 2016

A question that I suspect every client has asked themselves at some point or other, probably when their investments have gone down in value or when they are advised not to do something that they quite fancy doing.

17 Dec 2015

Christmas is over and the New Year is here and for some of us the realisation that, for those of us that have not yet got around to it, we need to deal with our annual Tax Return soon to avoid late filing penalties comes into focus.

30 Nov 2015

From daily office politics to serious and long-lasting grievances, conflict between staff can drain time, morale and productivity from your business.