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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.

by Peter O’Connell

24 Nov 2015

Often associated with charities and community groups raising funds, high profile successes are making commercial enterprises consider it a serious option for funding growth.

12 Oct 2015

In the Emergency Summer Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced that he was intending to restrict what he called finance cost relief for individuals.

7 Oct 2015

Following the rise in internet trading through sites such as eBay, Gumtree and Amazon, HMRC has sought to clamp down on those who fail to pay tax on the profits arising from online selling.

6 Oct 2015

For many businesses, employee travel and expenses represent a significant cost. A well-written expenses policy will help you to keep on top of that cost and prevent abuse of expense claims, in a way that is also fair to your staff.

24 Aug 2015

Shaw Gibbs has raised an impressive £2,541 for its Charity of the Year, North Oxford Association.

23 Jul 2015

Oxford accountant helps packaging entrepreneur find and fund the right acquisition.

23 Jul 2015

Shaw Gibbs played a major role in the due diligence reporting on the target business and provided ongoing advice in respect of the transaction.

23 Jul 2015

Shaw Gibbs has helped in the sale of high class interiors provider Fox Linton Limited.

22 Jul 2015

Rebalancing an investment portfolio is where you have agreed a split between different asset classes, geographical areas and/or sectors as being likely to generate an acceptable level of return within an acceptable framework of investment risk.