SMES To Be Hit Hard By Credit Card Fees Ban 22nd January 2018. New laws from the EU last week barred firms from charging extra fees for credit card transactions. This has had a negative impact on small businesses who are still

Fines For ‘Fat Cats’ Who Put Employees At Risk 22th January 2018. The prime minister, Theresa May, has threatened punitive fines and pledged “tough new rules” to deal with company bosses who are too occupied with lining “their own pockets”. After

19/01/2018 Tax-free childcare scheme opens for parents of under 9s (UK) Tax-Free Childcare is now available for working parents (including those who are self-employed), whose youngest child was under 9 or turned 9 on 15 January – which means they

19/01/2018 Tackling waste crime and problem sites (E, W) New powers for the Environment Agency to a) prevent the build-up of illegal waste by blocking access to problem waste sites and b) force operators to clear away all waste and

SMEs Still Waiting… For Research and Development Tax Relief! 19th January 2018. It has been revealed that the Treasury owes UK SMEs as much as £84 billion in unclaimed Research and Development tax relief (R&D). This means that a majority of