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UK Inflation Rates Drop
It was interesting to hear people on the news talking down the slowing inflation and how that, in double digits, the level of inflation...
Feb 16, 2023


Self Assessment Deadline
Just in case you had forgotten! The deadline for sending most online 2021/22 Self Assessment tax returns to HMRC, and for paying the...
Jan 19, 2023


Spring Budget set for 15th March 2023
The date for the Spring Budget has been announced - 15th March 2023 Jeremy Hunt announced the following yesterday: "Today I can inform...
Dec 20, 2022


Extension of Making Tax Digital
Businesses have been preparing for the digitisation for Income Tax Self-Assessment which is an element of the HMRC “Making Tax Digital”...
Dec 19, 2022


Autumn Statement key points
The Office for Budget Responsibility judges UK to be in recession, meaning the economy has slowed for two quarters in a row It...
Nov 17, 2022


How is the UK doing - compared globally?
What a few weeks of turbulence on the financial markets. Despite the troubles in Downing Street the consumer confidence index rose from...
Oct 24, 2022


What help is planned for the energy costs for businesses?
Today the government announced that the wholesale energy prices for businesses were expected to be half the current trading figures which...
Sep 21, 2022


How could the present economic situation impact your business?
How could the present economic situation impact your business? We were hoping to see an improvement in the consumer confidence index by...
Aug 24, 2022


VAT deferred due to COVID-19 — act now to avoid a penalty
The government put in place a scheme that allowed businesses to defer VAT payments that were due between 20th March 2020 and 30th June...
Aug 11, 2022


Our team from the charity golf day.
Our introduction to golf with a charity golf day. Here is a photo of Team Contador Accountancy Services team at Friday’s Superstructures...
Jul 26, 2022


Do you remember the headlines about Green Shoots of recovery?
Our current headlines are about: bitter leadership battles, deadly heatwaves, below inflation pay rises – todays media can control the...
Jul 20, 2022


Oh dear - another step back or is it?
Consumer Confidence index drops to -40. Joe Staton, client strategy director at GfK, said: “This means consumer confidence is now weaker...
Jun 16, 2022


Reports of compulsory liquidations increasing by 76%.
Following the cessation of the various Covid related support packages and the insolvency protection measures coming to an end we have...
May 31, 2022


Is consumer confidence at rock bottom? - Not yet!
In the United Kingdom, the consumer confidence survey measures the level of optimism that consumers have about the performance of the...
May 9, 2022


Will the government be increasing the mileage allowance?
It was back in the 2011 – 2012 tax year when the current prices were set for 45ppm and 25ppm – that’s 10 years ago and they remain...
Apr 21, 2022


Happy Easter
We wish all our customers Happy Easter and hope that you all have a terrific long weekend. Looking at the weather forecast from the Met...
Apr 14, 2022


Spring Statement Summary
General Economic Status UK economy will grow by 3.8% this year followed by 1.8% in 2023, and then 2.1%, 1.8% and 1.7% in the following...
Mar 24, 2022


Making Tax Digital for VAT
What does Making tax digital mean for you? HMRC want to be recognised as having one of the most advanced digital tax administration...
Mar 8, 2022


Link your payroll to wage payments
Digital payroll software from Brightpay has teamed up with Modulr to provide a new service which automates the payments once you have run...
Feb 16, 2022


How to extract the maximum value from your business
We took part in our first webinar of 2022 this week at Innovation Martlesham along with James Wood and Caroline Humphries from Revolution...
Jan 20, 2022
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