Topping up your state pension – 31st July Deadline

Topping up your state pension – 31st July Deadline

Topping up your state pension – 31st July Deadline Are you a man born after 6th April 1951 or a woman born after 6th April 1953? If so and, if you have any gaps in your National Insurance record you have a special opportunity to top up contributions back to...
New Digital Patents service

New Digital Patents service

New Digital Patents service The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will be launching a new digital patents service soon. The timeline is:  September 2023  New patents search service.  Spring 2024  Launch of “One IPO”  Winter 2025  Further enhancements to One IPO....
New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023

New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023

  New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023  A handy reminder of the new numbers:    Age                   Old rate           New Rate                     %age  23                      £9.50                £10.42                              9.7%  21-22           ...
Collecting debts in 12 easy steps

Collecting debts in 12 easy steps

  When onboarding a new customer and offering credit terms, make sure you have details of the person to contact about payment. Always send a statement electronically at each month end (if monthly terms). This should be easy with modern software. Delegate someone...
Big change to Company Law on the horizon

Big change to Company Law on the horizon

Big change to Company Law on the horizon The white paper on reform to the Company Register, sets out a series of adjustments for businesses for 2023 to “safeguard our national security and reduce the economic and social costs of fraud,” the white paper laid out that...
Furlough claims – Ooops!

Furlough claims – Ooops!

Furlough claims – Ooops! Many businesses have inadvertently made errors in their furlough claims and a small number have knowingly over claimed. HMRC say they are not writing anything off and have legal powers to recover this money up to 20 years after the event....