Restart Grant Scheme – guidance to businesses Guidance has been published on The Restart Grant Scheme, the scheme first announced pre-Budget. Judging by the level of enquiries I have had for details since I drafted the first blog on the…
Some important changes were announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Budget delivered on March 3, and whilst the theme was continued support for businesses dealing with the pandemic in the short term, we have seen the first insight as…
Following Wednesday's Budget announcement Corporate Partner, Duncan Leslie, hosted a panel discussion with Head of Tax, John Endacott, Tax Directors Steve Ashworth and Heather Britton and Head of VAT, Simon Anslow. With over 500 registered to attend, topics under discussion…
At first read, the Help to Grow programme sounded a lot like the Kickstart Grants which were available for a short time in Autumn last year. However, on reading more detail released after they were mentioned in the Budget yesterday,…
The temporary 5% rate of VAT available for the tourism and hospitality sector has been extended again by six months to 30 September 2021. A new 12.5% rate will then be introduced for six months to 31 March 2022 to…
There is some welcome news for companies looking to make significant capital investment over the next two years with the announcement of a new super-deduction of 130% for qualifying capital expenditure. Currently a company spending £10m would achieve tax relief…
We have now had two Budgets delivered by Rishi Sunak and it is possible to start to get an impression of what he is about as Chancellor. In advance of the Budget I had contemplated there might be a fiscal…
As pandemic-related spending has already reached £280bn the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced further funding and boosts to the economy and jobs. The Coronivirus Job Retention Scheme which has protected 11 million jobs will be extended until September 30, well…
Back in February last year the government published a consultation on freeport policy outlining its plans to introduce at least ten freeports in the United Kingdom following our departure from the European Union. Today the Chancellor announced the location of…
As somebody who specialises in tax for individuals you will forgive me for perhaps hoping for some excitement from this Budget. I appreciate it is all relative. What we had for individuals was the opposite, in fact it reduced some…
