By John Endacott – Head of Tax For most UK businesses 2019 has been a year of frustration. It has been spent hoping for clarity on the future direction of the economy, without it being achieved. Most business owners are…
Earlier this week Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), HM Treasury and The Rt. Hon Michael Gove MP published an update on various matters being consulted on/considered in the drafting of the hotly anticipated Environment Bill. Aspects covered…
Earlier this week, the British Business Bank published its Annual Report and Accounts and took the opportunity to report highlights of the past financial year which included a summary of progress against its six stated objectives (a number of which…
On Tuesday 23 July, a group of 21 intrepid women bravely took an afternoon out of the office and ventured to St Austell Golf Club for a spot of lunch and a golf lesson. This was the Truro office’s second…
PKF Francis Clark’s Truro office hosted their monthly breakfast briefing last week and the subject was “Equity – practicalities and principals”. 20 people attended the breakfast, event where they heard from Brent Treloar of FSE Group and Henry Maples of…
By Andrew James Published earlier this week, “Dream Bigger: Funding ambition” is a report by Smith and Williamson based on the findings from a survey of the founders of 501 scale-up companies, and 540 non-scale-up SMEs, in August 2018. Research…
Business Cornwall asked me to give 6 reasons why Finance in Cornwall 2019 is an event “not to be missed” by business owners in, or thinking of locating to, Cornwall & Isles of Scilly. So here it goes: 1. Finance…
The official line is that if you are bankrupt and there is equity in your home, then a Trustee in bankruptcy may have to sell it to pay your bankruptcy debts, whether it is freehold or leasehold, and even where…
The time left until a potential ‘no deal’ can now be measured in a matter of days and hours (one less when the clocks go forward this weekend). The extension agreement has given businesses a little more breathing space to…
The owner of a Somerset restaurant has recently been issued with a 12 year ban from acting in the management of a company, having already serving a previous 11 year disqualification. The businesswoman’s second ban came into effect on 15…
