By Julian Donnelly 27th January 2016 Love it or hate it, nothing seems to polarise opinion quite like the letters “EU”. Since our entry into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973, it is a subject which has divided both opinions and indeed political parties ever since. With a referendum on the subject […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 9th October 2015 I wrote back in July that it was seemingly likely that interest rates would go up either by the end of this year or early 2016. It now appears that the markets are not expecting a rate for another year possibly (I believe this was the same last […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 1st October 2015 You may or may not be aware, but as of the 1st October 2015, the minimum debt level required to go bankrupt has been increased from £750 (where it had been since the introduction of the 1986 Insolvency Act) to £5,000. There are those that argue […]
Read moreBy Julian Donnelly 22nd May 2015 As a firm that currently generates all of its business by referral and recommendation, we tend to spend a lot of time at business networking events. I consider these events a fantastic way of developing lasting and meaningful business relationships providing you approach them in the right way and with […]
Read moreby Simon Belton, director of BM Structured Finance There has been much said in the press over the last few months about the decline in traditional bank lending to SME’s, and the Government’s failed attempts to rectify this. To fill the void left by the Big Four banks a whole raft of new financiers have entered […]
Read moreby Jacqui Fleming, partner of inTAX LLP H M Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) latest tools in the fight against tax avoidance are Advanced Payment Notices (APN) and Follower Notices (FN). As a starting point it is worth remembering that the avoidance of tax through planning or mitigation arrangements is legal but tax evasion is […]
Read moreby Graham Jordan – 7th October 2014 Borrowing money is an accepted requirement of any business. Whether it is for starting up a business venture, buying a particular asset, expanding an operation or merely to assist day-to-day working capital issues, all businesses at some stage will likely need to borrow money. In the main, […]
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