CORPORATION tax for small businesses should be cut in the budget, according to a Peterborough-based accountant. Chancellor George Osbourne’s budget should slash corporation tax for smaller firms in line with the 25 per cent drop enjoyed by larger firms since the coalition government came to power, says a senior executive at V&A Vigar & Co [...]
PETERBOROUGH MP Stewart Jackson has welcomed the news that in just four months the number of FTSE 350 firms signing up to the Prompt Payment Code has tripled. There are now 126 FTSE 350 firms signed up to the code, with 94 new firms since November last year. Three quarters of FTSE 100 companies have signed, or [...]
FOLLOWING the revelation that British Gas saw a significant increase in profits in 2012, thanks in part to big price rises for consumers, and the prime minister’s efforts to force greater tariff transparency among energy providers, lots of attention has been on fuel costs again.
Average accountants’ salary up five per cent from £60,788 to £64,022 Average bonus of £11,012 exceeds the £9,603 expected by accountants Total bonus pot now £3.4bn compared with £3.1bn in 2011 ACCOUNTANTS in Peterborough have seen pay rises of seven per cent over the past year, assuming they have kept pace with the national average.
THE UK Centre for Economic and Environmental Development (UK CEED) and Opportunity Peterborough are holding a major event with regional and national funders on Wednesday January 23 2013, in Peterborough.
MANY of Peterborough’s small businesses are throwing money away by failing to review their outgoings often enough, according to new research.
EAMONN Dorling, an adviser based in Peterborough who works at Beacon Financial Ltd in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire has been welcomed into the prestigious association Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) marking him as the only adviser in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire with this accreditation.
BUSINESSES in Peterborough are remaining ‘cautious’ according to this year’s local Salary Survey. But that’s no bad thing following several years of noticeable decreases and artificially high increases in pay, according to experts at Anne Corder Recruitment – the agency that produces the Peterborough Local Market Survey in partnership with specialist reward consultants PayData Ltd.
THE Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership is bringing together a team of banking and finance specialists to give advice and support to any business that has an issue with funding. This FREE event will take place at the Kingsgate Conference Centre on 4th October 2012. Please click the link below to download a flyer [...]
A PETERBOROUGH accountant is holding an event that will explain how businesses can be debt-free in seven years and how entrepreneurs can become ‘automatic millionaires’ by making money work for them.
SMALL businesses across Peterborough should be given a vital boost in this month’s budget (March 21) a local tax and accountancy specialist has urged.
COMPANIES are being urged to prepare now for the payroll year-end to avoid strict penalties being imposed for the late submission of information. There is not just one but two HMRC deadlines associated with payroll submissions. Companies missing either face automatic penalties or interest charges.
PETERBOROUGH companies are being advised to consider setting their fuel costs now as a strategy to minimise the possible impact of the proposed fuel duty increase in August 2012. Treasury experts at Clydesdale Bank say it is important for businesses of all sizes to stabilise their future fuel prices.
THE Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) welcomes the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement saying that it is a step in the right direction to help small firms that are central to economic growth and job creation in the UK.
ENTREPRENEURIAL finance director and accountant Gavin Allmand has his sights set on small to medium-sized businesses in the greater Peterborough area. He believes he has the skills and experience to help and support them fend off the vagaries of the economic climate.
With less than 12 months to prepare for the introduction of pensions auto-enrolment, businesses are being urged to act now. To help employers understand what steps they need to take to ensure compliance, leading Peterborough accountancy firm Rawlinsons is staging a series of lunch time briefings.
THIS month has seen the signing of an historic deal between the UK and Switzerland which could capture up to £5 billion in tax for Her Majesty’s Treasury which, according to the Peterborough partners of chartered accountants, Saffery Champness renews the spotlight on arrangements for top-rate tax payers.
JUST two years after opening for business, Peterborough accountancy firm Winham Hughes is expanding. Four members of staff have now joined partners Sally Winham and Paul Hughes and the growing workforce has prompted a move to new premises.
THE government should target the road network for its plans to speed up investment in infrastructure as the poor state of the transport network has cost small firms up to £5,000 over the last 12 months, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) show.
LETTERS will be dropping onto around 1.2 million doormats over the next three months warning people they have underpaid their tax, with the average amount owed expected to be £550.
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