£1.5 billion fund for business rates relief

Business rates relief is to be extended with a £1.5 billion fund targeted at those businesses unable to benefit from the current coronavirus (COVID-19) support. As part of a 15 month-long relief which runs to the end on June this year retail, hospitality and leisure...

Holland & Co is open for business

Nigel Holland Holland & Co Chartered Accountants is open as normal. Office hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Some staff are working from home and telephone calls are being answered. All our email accounts are working. We are helping our clients cope with the effects the...

Tax Policy: Chancellor urged to take ‘strategic approach’

With the 2020 Budget soon approaching, business groups have urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to take a new approach to making tax policy. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Institute for Government (IfG) have written...

Business confidence in UK rising

UK business confidence bounced back in January after the election of a majority government saw political uncertainty recede. This comes from a survey carried out by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). See ICAEWs reports here. Business...

IR35 Tax Rules Review Launched

The government has launched a review into the new IR35 tax rules that are due to come into effect 6th April 2020. You may be affected by these rules if you are: a worker who provides their services through their intermediarya client who receives services from a worker...