Charity COVID-19 Update At this moment in time many charities will be understandably concerned about what the COVID-19 outbreak means for them. The government want to assure charities that they will be as flexible and pragmatic as possible during the coronavirus...
COVID-19 Government Funding Update Please note that current guidance is changing all the time but the following is an up to date summary as at 23 March 2020 of current schemes in place to assist with business interruption resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak....
Introduction We have summarised the key rates and allowances which are fundamental to our business and personal lives. We are sure that you will find them a useful point of reference and have set out below a few examples of how they can be used. Personal tax rates As...
IR35 reforms to be delayed until April 2021 There is a little bit of good news. The Chief Treasury Secretary, Steve Barclay, has announced that the IR35 reforms will be pushed back by one year, to help protect the economy from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak....
Hawsons Business Continuity Plan We are currently in the middle of what is now being referred to as a global pandemic. This is causing a significant amount of interruption for businesses globally and looks set to continue in the coming weeks and months. We have...
The Budget 2020 - changes to R&D tax relief The Chancellor has set out plans to increase support for Research and Development (R&D) and has announced further enhancements to R&D tax relief in order to boost investment from the private sector. Investing in...
Budget 2020 The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his first Budget on Wednesday 11 March 2020. In his speech he stated 'we are at the beginning of a new era in this country. We have the freedom and the resources to decide our own future'. 'It is a Budget of a...
UK consumer confidence increases in final quarter of 2019 With retail sales decreasing in December and 2019 being the worst year for retail in 25 years it comes as a surprise that consumer confidence actually increased by 0.5% in the final quarter of 2019. As...
Retail sales on the rise After a disappointing end to 2019, British consumers began to spend again in January with sales volume increasing by 0.9% after December’s decrease of 0.5%. This increase in sales was much larger than that expected by economists and the...
Charity COVID-19 Update At this moment in time many charities will be understandably concerned about what the COVID-19 outbreak means for them. The government want to assure charities that they will be as flexible and pragmatic as possible during the coronavirus...
COVID-19 Government Funding Update Please note that current guidance is changing all the time but the following is an up to date summary as at 23 March 2020 of current schemes in place to assist with business interruption resulting from the Coronavirus outbreak....
Introduction We have summarised the key rates and allowances which are fundamental to our business and personal lives. We are sure that you will find them a useful point of reference and have set out below a few examples of how they can be used. Personal tax rates As...