Business

Outgoing Chancellor George Osborne has floated the idea of slashing corporation tax as part of a series of moves intended to retain existing investors and entice new ones to the UK in the wake of [...]

There are more self-employed people in the UK than ever before, with numbers rising by 209,000 to 4.7 million in the three months up to April 2016. If you are newly self-employed, you may find [...]

According to a report from think tank the Institute for Public Policy and Research (IPPR), the UK is the self-employment capital of Europe; over the past 13 years, the number of self-employed has [...]

It was announced a couple of weeks ago that the publication of crucial consultation documents on the Making Tax Digital project would be delayed until after the now-looming EU referendum. The [...]

According to a new study, the majority of business decision-makers and top executives regularly spend time during out-of-office hours catching up on administrative tasks. According to research [...]

More than half of smaller businesses in the UK believe their growth is being held back by administrative tasks and the burden of red tape, according to a new survey. The Federation of Small [...]

According to a new report, HMRC has been cracking down on payroll errors, and SMEs have been particularly targeted. In the 2014 – 2015 tax year, HMRC gathered in £737 million from [...]

According to a new study, almost half (46%) of SMEs in the UK admit to having a “very poor” understanding of the government tax relief available to them. This means a huge number of small [...]

Almost £250 million of expenses are not being claimed by micro-businesses in the UK each year because business owners don’t think they’re worth claiming. The quarter of a billion pounds equates [...]

Probate fees could soar to up to £20,000 for the highest-value estates under new proposals announced by the Ministry of Justice. This fee would be almost 130 times the current level. Currently, [...]