Autumn Budget 26 November 2025

This was Rachel Reeves’ 2nd Budget as Chancellor since the current Government was elected in 2024. We would not blame anyone for thinking that the Budget had been going on for at least a month or so beforehand with all the briefing and media announcements in advance. Those...

Companies House Reforms

May 12, 2025

Identity Verification & AML Changes

From 2025, Companies House is introducing major changes aimed at increasing corporate transparency and reducing economic crime. These include new identity verification requirements and broader anti-money laundering (AML) obligations, which will affect all company directors, ...

The Spring Statement 2025

March 28, 2025

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her first Spring Statement and second major 'set piece' announcement on 26 March 2025.In advance, there was speculation that there may be tax changes, an emergency Budget of sorts, but in the end we got lots of departmental spending c...

Employment legislation changes - April 2025

March 28, 2025

National Insurance Changes

From 6 April 2025, there will be the following key changes to National Insurance:Changes to Contribution Rates:The rate at which employers pay National Insurance will be adjusted from 13.8% to 15%. This will increase the cost of employing all staff from 6 April 2025.Decrease...

AUTUMN BUDGET - 30 OCTOBER 2024

October 30, 2024

The Budget of huge change. Rachel Reeves delivered her first Budget for the new-ish Labour Government, notable as the first by a female Chancellor in the UK’s history.Prior to the Budget there had been huge speculation about the content. Tax rises were expected, and the Ch...

Making Tax Digital – Update September 2024

September 5, 2024

We wanted to update you with the latest position on Making Tax Digital. For those that don’t know this is a long term project by HMRC (the UK Government’s tax collection agency) to digitalize tax records. The thinking is that digital and more regular filings will reduce ...

BUDGET 2024

March 7, 2024

Key points

The key points are covered below. You can also view or download our more detailed booklet by clicking the link above:OverviewMost tax rates and allowances were announced in advance at the Autumn Statement, and the significant new proposals were all predicted – there were n...

Company law changes - March 2024

February 14, 2024

The Government recently passed the new Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act. This make some changes to Company law and , in particular, changes filings at Companies House. This blog post is designed to tell you about the main changes that are coming up. Th...

Autumn Statement 2023

November 23, 2023

Mind your headroom

In the weeks leading up to the Autumn Statement, the press was full of speculation about tax cuts. This was a surprise, just over a year after the tax cuts announced by Kwasi Kwarteng were judged imprudent by the international markets, contributing to a fall in the value of ...