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Monthly Archives: October 2017

Airline company flops after failing to keep accounting records

Vale & West
Oct 19,2017
Lee Gardner

An airline has been placed into liquidation after failing to keep sufficient business records to identify whether payments were genuine company expenditure.

Business plea to cut tax rates

Vale & West
Oct 19,2017
Kathryn Cutts

Business groups such as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have urged Chancellor Philip Hammond to emphasise that the “UK is open for business” in this year’s Autumn Statement, which is due on 22 November.

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HMRC inundated with SDLT queries

Vale & West
Oct 19,2017
Tax

Reports suggest that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is being inundated with queries about Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) – and is failing to reply to customers within an adequate timeframe.

Fraudsters go after taxpayers in new VAT scam

Vale & West
Oct 18,2017
Tax

A cyber security expert has warned about a new breed of “phishing” emails, designed to trick taxpayers into downloading malicious software.

With Artificial Intelligence, UK economy could see an extra £630 billion

Vale & West
Oct 17,2017
Economy

New research suggests that the UK could benefit from £630 billion, if Artificial Intelligence (AI) is supported and backed by the Government.

Business groups set out Autumn Budget wish lists

Vale & West
Oct 16,2017
SMEs

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) have called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to support Britain’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the upcoming Autumn Budget announcements.

Record number of start-ups

Vale & West
Oct 16,2017
Lee Gardner

According to the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CfE), a record number of companies were established in the UK last year and it looks as though the record will be broken again this year.

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Banks crackdown on lending ahead of consumer debt crisis

Vale & West
Oct 13,2017
Economy

Banks will crackdown on unsecured lending to households – amid concerns that the consumer debt crisis is spiralling out of control.

IMF suggests raising top rates of tax in developed countries

Vale & West
Oct 12,2017
Tax

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that some “rich countries” could, in theory, raise income taxes without harming economic performance.

SMEs set to boost the economy

Vale & West
Oct 11,2017
SMEs

A new study suggests contributions from Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK’s top ten cities will grow by an average of 19 per cent.

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