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Finance
JBR Capital enjoys record business period, lending £100M since 1 March...
Leading automotive finance provider JBR Capital has enjoyed its most successful business period to date. Driven by the post-pandemic pent-up demand for high-end vehicles, the London-based company has lent £100m since 1 March, enabling customers to fund their passion for supercars and luxury vehicles.
MTD for Income Tax Self Assessment Delayed
The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) has been delayed to April 2024, giving businesses and landlords breathing room to prepare for the changes needed to ensure that they are compliant.
Grant Thornton debuts next generation hybrid office
One of the UK’s leading business advisory firms is leading the way in the workplace evolution as it reveals a new futuristic office in Oxford for its Thames Valley team.
Introducing… Michael Pawley of Proficio Solutions
Michael Pawley is the founder of Proficio Solutions which provides outsourced Finance Director/Chief Financial Officer services to a number of entrepreneurs and ambitious businesses, partnerships and LLPs who operate mainly in the professional service and legal sector, across the UK as well as in Europe, Hong Kong, USA and South America.
Business owners cautioned to protect their personal assets as insolvencies reach...
Following news of an 18 month high in registered company insolvencies , Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance, the UK’s only provider of personal guarantee insurance is urging the owners of small and medium sized businesses to ensure their personal assets such as their home, bank account and savings, are protected if their business should become insolvent.
Quant Insight expands with $10m funding to empower investors with world-first...
Quant Insight (Qi), a new quantitative financial market analytics and trading insights provider, today announces a major scale up after four years of research and development and over $10m in funding from three investment rounds.
Businesses Digitising at a faster rate post lockdown
Accounting software provider has launched Dext Commerce to help simplify sales data for a growing number of digital businesses selling through ecommerce platforms.
Flood of HMRC Fraud Enquiries expected across the Thames Valley region...
MID-MARKET businesses in the Thames Valley area should prepare for a flood of letters from HMRC as furlough draws to a close and the government looks to recoup a suspected £7bn of fraudulent or erroneous Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) claims, according to business advisers Grant Thornton. HMRC is moving through the gears now that […]
Thames Valley businesses at increased risk of National Minimum Wage fines...
Businesses in the Thames Valley area are facing an increased risk of being exposed to heavy fines for unintentional national minimum wage (NMW) breaches, according to business advisors Grant Thornton UK LLP. The advisory firm has witnessed a rise in the number of businesses being investigated for NMW offences, often as a result of commonplace […]
Insight into the challenges of attracting and retaining qualified staff
Chief Executive of accountancy training firm First Intuition, Gareth John, shares insight into the challenges of attracting and retaining qualified staff. The biggest issue I am currently hearing from employers is the acute shortage of qualified, experienced accountants and how hard it is proving to retain and attract them. There seem to be increasing incidences […]
Bird & Blend Tea Co. the UK’s leading independent tea mixologists launches...
– Raising funding to support its local high street expansion, investment in the wider development of its innovative range of flavours, and build its communiTEA via a digital innovation strategy – Campaign launches on 15th August on Crowdcube, following award winning successful previous investment round in 2017, raising £364,040 in record breaking time Since its […]
Xero: British economy growing at fastest rate in 80 years
Following the news from economic forecaster, EY Item Club, revealing that the British economy is growing at the fastest rate in 80 years, please see below for comment from the global small business platform, Xero.
Zoho to make Zoho Invoice Free of Charge to Empower SMEs...
The company’s decision reinforces its support for the SME community and will allow business owners to simplify billing and payment processes, helping companies receive payments faster
Thames Valley feels the post-Brexit ‘Brand Britain’ boost
Six months on from Brexit, new research* from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP shows that Thames Valley businesses are finding their British origins to be a significant advantage when trading internationally. In a survey of mid-sized businesses, Grant Thornton found that more than two thirds (68%) of those based in Oxfordshire, […]