Despite the vaccine roll out, it appears the pandemic may be with us for a while yet and as such, I would like to take the opportunity to assure my clients (and potential clients) that as my practice is cloud-based, there will be no disruption to my 0delivery of services Read More...

The government committed to undertake a fundamental review of business rates in England at the Spring Budget. It has now issued a call for evidence, with views on reliefs and the ‘multiplier sort’ by 18 September. Although fundamental reform is for the longer term, the intention is to have some Read More...

The COVID-19 pandemic stalled property transactions and first-time buyer mortgage applications, but now the residential property market has opened up estate agents are scrambling to deal with pent up demand. Price outlook The range of forecasts is markedly wider than usual, with a forecast price fall for 2020 of anything Read More...

A new Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill, introduced on 20 May, will amend insolvency and company law to support businesses in distress from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bill, to be fast-tracked through Parliament, includes some measures which have been previously announced, but are now being enshrined in Read More...

HMRC’s recent suspension of IHT investigations during the Covid-19 crisis opens up a brief opportunity for executors to get their IHT accounts in order. HMRC normally investigates around 5,500 IHT cases every year, around 25% of the estates for which IHT is payable, recovering an average of £50,000 extra tax Read More...

The disappearance of normal spending habits has created problems for the statisticians who calculate the rate of inflation. Source: Office for National Statistics Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), fell sharply in April to just 0.9% against 1.5% in the previous month. The main reason for the Read More...