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13 November 2017
The Autumn Budget – predictions for contractorsFor many contractors, the prospect of the Autumn Budget is akin to that upcoming visit to the Dentist. In recent years several Budget statements have left contractors worse off, with tax changes limiting the advantages of self-employment.
10 November 2017
Disrupting Financial Distress - the ICAS insolvency and restructuring conferenceMy third and final ICAS restructuring conference as chair is nearly upon me and I find myself reflecting on what has happened over the last 12 months and, indeed, during the three years I have chaired the conference.
10 November 2017
Edinburgh’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Startup Summit 2017The 2017 Startup Summit billed itself as ‘a one day dive into all things start-up’ and declared it would bring ‘the global eco-system to Scotland’s historic capital’, and boy did it deliver on those promises.
01 November 2017
Market Commentary - OctoberThe Consumer Price Index measure of inflation hit a five year high reaching 3%. With the UK economy growing 0.4% between July and September it is likely that we will see the first interest rate rise in more than a decade at the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting in November.
20 October 2017
The financial treatment of ‘casual’ harvest workers can differ to that of regular farm employees. Here are our tips on how to comply with the complex tax requirements for short term farm workers.
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