Jul 31, 2023 Co-founder prenups: the importance of having a shareholders' agreement By Rebecca Hunt With research suggesting that nearly two-thirds of startups fail as a result of co-founders "breaking up", it has never been more...
Jul 31, 2023 50,000 more to pay IHT by 2028 By Laura Walliss Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced last November that he would freeze the nil-rate band threshold for inheritance tax (IHT) at £325,000...
Jul 26, 2023 You can’t live without a bank account By Duncan McGowan Within Nigel Farage’s interview on Radio 4 was a comment about the broader issue of AML legislation impacting small businesses, with...
Jul 25, 2023 Income tax charge set to hit all pensions on death By Matthew Peto I gave my thoughts on the controversial pension reforms proposed by the Institute of Fiscal Studies ("IFS") at the end of last year. One...
Jul 21, 2023 Bounce back loans? Beware! 50% of director disqualifications attributed to bounce back loan fraud By Lucy Trott The fallout from the bounce back loan (BBL) scandal continues, as the Guardian reports that more than half of all director...
Jul 19, 2023 A new battleground for dilapidations? By Markus Klempa It has been reported in Property Week that, according to a new study carried out by Carter Jonas, just 8.3% of UK office space will...
Jul 18, 2023 ShedMasters, Barcelona 2023 - what were people talking about? By Markus Klempa On 29 June, ShedMasters, the annual event held exclusively for the European Logistics and Industrial sector, brought together a record...
Jul 17, 2023 Huge increases to immigration fees announced By Kerry Garcia Rishi Sunak announced on 13 July 2023 that the government intends to increase immigration fees and the Immigration Heath Surcharge (which...
Jul 14, 2023 UK implementation of two UNCITRAL model laws on insolvency - update By Helen Martin In an earlier article we discussed The Insolvency Service's proposals for the UK to be an early adopter of two new "model laws" published...
Jul 14, 2023 Is diversification the answer for fashion and luxury brands? By Jessica Waters The pressure on the retail industry in recent years has led to many companies considering diversification to survive. Among those seeking...
Jul 05, 2023 Pre-loved clothes the new luxury fashion? The glamorous way to shop second hand. By Charlotte Lane We all know that second hand doesn’t mean old hand-me-downs anymore, but Selfridges has blown any doubt out of the water this week by...
Jul 03, 2023 CEO pay linked to ESG: why are companies still failing to meet targets in 2023? By Rebecca Sutcliffe A recent study by the IBM Institute for Business Value on over 3,000 CEOs and public sector leaders has found that 50% of CEOs now report...