Category: Professional Services
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Outsource Your Payroll? Ask Your Provider This One Question Before November
From November 2026, payroll-only service providers must register with HMRC as tax advisers. If someone else runs your payroll, it’s worth checking they’re on top of it.
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UK Company Formations Hit Record Highs — Even as Fees Have Tripled
If you assumed rising costs would put people off starting a business, the numbers say otherwise. New research from Icon Offices, based on Companies House data, shows UK entrepreneurs are incorporating companies at record levels — despite the cost of registering online more than doubling in the past year. The numbers Between January and July…
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What tax compliance really costs your business — and where the time and money goes
If tax admin feels like it’s eating more of your week than it used to, you’re not imagining it. According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the average UK small business now spends £4,500 and 44 hours a year just staying compliant with the tax system — up around 10% since 2021. Multiplied across…