So, you want to set up your own business? Here’s everything you need to know before you start, from PKB’s Accounts & Business Development Expert, Andy Penfold. You have an idea for a new business Britain is a nation of fearless entrepreneurs, but the...
The Department for Education has said that the number of people starting apprenticeships has dropped by 31% in the last 12 months. In the academic year between August 2017 and May 2018, there were 315,900 apprenticeship starts, compared to 457,200 the same time the...
Research from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has revealed that VAT creates the biggest administration burden for around two-thirds of businesses in the UK. The report, which polled more than 1,100 businesses of all sizes, found that 64% of respondents are...
According to figures released by the pension, insurance and investment company, Aegon, working pensioners are on course to pay £8.6 billion in income tax in 2018/19. The number of pensioner households containing at least one person working beyond their state pension...
HMRC’s plan to Make Tax Digital by 2020 hasn’t received a warm welcome from most of our (usually positive and upbeat!) clients. But, with the VAT digital deadline less than a year away, we all have to get over it and get on with it. Here’s our helpful guide...
