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Graeme Bell
Business Advisory Senior Manager
13 December 2019
My top five tips for a “you’re hired” business plan!This week saw my favourite challenge in The Apprentice - interview week! The five remaining candidates were grilled by business gurus and had their business plans scrutinised. Everything from their experience, financial projections and in some cases, whether their qualifications were genuine - was up for discussion!
11 December 2019
What tax changes could the election result bring about for rural businesses?This year the festive period has been commandeered by the politicians. Not only do we have the usual tasks of pre-ordering the turkey and stocking up on the sherry, we also have to get to the polling booths tomorrow and cast our vote for the future. After the election result on the 13 December, we will have the fallout to manage, along with a UK and Scottish budget to plan for in the New Year and finally our ‘exit’ from the EU on 31 January. There are certainly significant changes ahead for our tax system as we know it - so how can we plan in what is a time of flux, and what hints have we got from the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come as to what these changes might be?
11 December 2019
Plan your Christmas budgetIs it too early to start thinking about Christmas 2020? It’s not unusual for us to speak to clients who are looking to consolidate credit cards debts into their mortgage following a Christmas splurge. Whilst this will cut down their outgoings in the short term, it is no way to run their financial planning.
10 December 2019
Five rules of tax year end planningChristmas may be fast approaching but another important date is also looming on the horizon – the end of the tax year (5 April 2020).
05 December 2019
Investors’ Relief – the forgotten about relief?Investors’ Relief was introduced by George Osborne in the March 2016 Budget as part of the Government’s continued focus on encouraging patient capital investments. The introduction of the relief was completely unexpected and therefore considerable fanfare was made at the time.
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