CRM Summary: The Chancellor’s September Statement
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his “mini Budget” on 23 September 2022.
Finance & Insurance
Here you will find content relating to Finance & Insurance, covering Wealth Management, Loans and Mortgages to Insurance Brokers. Accounting and Legal services can be found under Professional Services.
Why a personal budget is so important – and how to...
As well as making the numbers work for our clients, CRM’s recently qualified accountant Loren Forbes is a big fan of personal budgeting and she is passionate about spreading the word to help people manage their money better.
OxLEP tells Oxfordshire businesses: ‘There may be a grant for you’
OxLEP Business is set to deliver around £1.2million of funding to companies across the county this autumn and is encouraging organisations to find out if they could benefit from the one of several significant business funds.
Mind the gap. How can women maximise their pensions?
As women get older, the difference widens between the value of their pension and that of men – in fact the gap stretches to almost 50% for the over 50s – so some women will retire with half the pension pot of men.
Request for Quotation: Business support services for Create Growth Programme
OxLEP requires a supplier to deliver business support services for a ‘Create Growth Programme’, for which OxLEP has applied for funding to deliver.
Request for Quotation: eScalate Programme Advisor
OxLEP are looking to procure consultancy support to provide an eScalate programme advisor service to the OxLEP Business ‘eScalate’ project, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Grant Thornton appoints tax partner to support thriving M&A market
Leading business and financial advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP has promoted Martin Verrall to transaction tax partner in its South region. Martin has a wealth of experience at Grant Thornton, joining as a graduate 15 years ago and spending the last decade working in transactions. In recent years, his key responsibilities have been focussed […]
Request for Quotation: Innovation Advisor for Innovation Support for Business project
Below is a Request For Quotation (RFQ) regarding the OxLEP Business ERDF programme, Innovation Support for Business (ISfB).
Oxfordshire’s green champions unite to host inaugural OX to ZERO conference
OxLEP joined forces with the leading Oxfordshire voices of the University of Oxford, Harwell Campus and the Culham Science Centre-based UKAEA to host the first-ever OX to ZERO conference earlier today (1 September).
Case Study: School Space – The OxLEP-secured capital grant scheme recipients...
In March 2021, OxLEP announced the launch of a new £2m investment fund, set up to boost the county’s business community to move into an effective renewal phase following the Coronavirus outbreak.
Seek help to avoid the wealth tax trap
Experts are urging ordinary people to take advice to avoid falling into the inheritance tax (IHT) trap.
Thames Valley business ‘keeps the faith’ on Levelling Up agenda
The new Prime Minister’s inbox may well overflow with priorities, but the Thames Valley business community has once again shown its faith in Levelling Up. The policy agenda, the most recent take on decades of debate about how to rebalance the UK economy, had been a major focus of the outgoing leader Boris Johnson. New […]
Oxford Brookes University awarded a £1.4M grant to develop tools to...
A new £1.4M grant will fund a five-year research project by scientists at Oxford Brookes University. Funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the grant will also create three new roles, and new opportunities for PhD students.
Bank of England raises interest rates for fifth consecutive time
B4 members comment on the impact it could have on their businesses.