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23 Oct 2025

Your Complete Self Assessment Checklist

It’s Self Assessment season. Whether you’re self-employed, a company director, or earn income outside of PAYE, it’s important to complete your return accurately and on time.

18 Sep 2025

‘Use it or lose it’ Treasury launches voluntary repayment scheme to recoup Covid fraud losses

The Treasury recently launched a Voluntary Repayment Scheme (on 12th September), offering recipients of pandemic support schemes a ‘no questions asked’ period to repay money they were not entitled to, or did not need.

27 Aug 2025

Speculations and estimations on Labour’s Autumn Budget 2025

This week marks the point at which November becomes the earliest date the Chancellor can deliver the Autumn Budget. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) must be given at least 10 weeks’ notice to prepare its forecasts.

14 Aug 2025

Director or PSC? You’ll need to verify your identity with Companies House

If you are a Director or Person with Significant Control (PSC) for a UK business, you will need to verify your identity with Companies House from 18 November 2025.

13 Aug 2025

Sole traders: Now is the time to consider incorporation

HMRC has made a significant announcement that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Corporation Tax will not be going ahead. After years of negative feedback, mainly around the strain extra digital reporting would put on small and medium businesses, HMRC has listened.

31 Jul 2025

Upcoming changes to Crypto KYC compliance

Anyone in the UK who holds or trades cryptoassets will need to provide detailed personal information to every crypto service provider they use. This forms part of an expanded Know-Your-Customer (KYC) regime from HMRC, aimed at improving tax compliance across the sector.

23 Jul 2025

Financing for growth: When and why to borrow for you and your business

At some point in your business journey, growth may feel like the natural next step, but the funds might not be immediately available. That’s where having the right finance in place can make all the difference.

04 Jul 2025

How the Companies House reforms will affect small business owners

From autumn this year, company directors can expect more scrutiny and tighter controls as further measures from the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 come into force to reform Companies House. Even more significant reforms are planned for April 2027.