The UK manufacturing sector has seen its largest increase in optimism since 1973 as lockdown measures ease and demand grows. Vaccine progress increases manufacturers optimism A recent poll of 288 leading industrial companies (conducted by the CBI) found that...
Since the UK officially left the EU on 1 January 2021, stories about the impact of Brexit on the legal sector have not been a prominent feature in the headlines. The initial response to the deal from many legal professionals was mixed, albeit with a general feeling of...
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...
Budget 2021 The Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his second Budget on Wednesday 3 March 2021. In his speech, he stated his Budget ‘meets the moment with a three-part plan to protect the jobs and livelihoods of the British people’. Main Budget proposals Tax...
The UK Government is launching new financial support for small and medium-sized businesses that import and export from/to the EU, the SME Brexit Support Fund. If you are a business importing and exporting goods, the Support Fund could help you by funding up to £2,000...
It’s all gone quiet over there…or has it? Now that we are approaching a month into the brave new world of the UK being outside of the confines of the EU and well into a third Covid “lockdown”, one could be forgiven for thinking that the much-predicted bedlam at the...
