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Digital tokens, cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based business models are here to stay, but we have always urged caution about the volatile nature and unpredictability around this growing phenomenon.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 09/06/2022
At Prime we embrace the fact that economic, social and environmental sustainability is a must in today's business environment.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 09/06/2022With inflation at a 40-year high, our director Claire Lea says it is important to understand how the
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 09/06/2022HMRC issued 580 penalties totalling over £14 million for minimum wage offences during 2020/21, according to a report released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
By Jamie SkeldingPublished On: 09/06/2022New laws to protect access to cash and help victims of financial scams were announced in the Queen's Speech at the state opening of parliament on 10 May.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 09/06/2022Inflation has hit its highest level in 40 years amid the deteriorating cost-of-living crisis, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 09/06/2022Nearly 66,500 taxpayers filed their 2021/22 self assessment return on the first day of the new tax year, according to figures from HMRC.
By Jeremy KitsonPublished On: 09/06/2022Chancellor Rishi Sunak will impose a windfall tax on energy firms alongside a package to help households with the cost-of-living crisis.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 09/06/2022The energy price cap is now expected to rise to around £2,800 in October, according to the UK's energy regulator.
By Morgan DaviesPublished On: 09/06/2022A growing number of UK businesses are at risk of going under as costs spiral and Covid loan repayments become due, according to a report from insolvency firm Begbies Traynor.
By Steve HarcourtPublished On: 09/06/2022Data published by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) shows that UK export growth has been effectively stagnant for the past year.
By Steve HarcourtPublished On: 09/05/2022HMRC has launched a new one-stop online shop designed to provide taxpayers with information on the tax reliefs and financial help available from HMRC.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 09/05/2022HMRC has named two tax avoidance schemes and their promoters for the first time, advising anyone involved to withdraw from them as soon as possible to prevent the build up of large tax bills.
By Jeremy KitsonPublished On: 09/05/2022The Treasury has announced that it plans to recognise stablecoins as a valid form of payment as part of a wider government initiative to 'make Britain a global hub for cryptoasset technology and investment'.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 09/05/2022Up to eight more nuclear reactors could be delivered to existing sites as part of the UK's new energy strategy.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 09/05/2022HMRC has started to recover overpayments of Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 09/05/2022There are now more than a million workers missing from the workforce compared to pre-pandemic figures, according to a report published by the IPPR think tank.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 09/05/2022HMRC has published the latest issue of the Employer Bulletin.
By Morgan DaviesPublished On: 09/05/2022- By Steve HarcourtPublished On: 28/04/2022
In our latest blog, our tax manager Indu Melvin looks at the newly-introduced super tax/windfall tax which ensures energy and public interest companies aren't profiteering from the ongoing energy and gas situation.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/04/2022In our latest blog, our senior tax manager John Carter looks at what businesses need to know about the impending plastic packaging tax and how they can prepare for it in advance.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/04/2022The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third consecutive time.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 05/04/2022The UK's business groups gave a mixed response to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement speech.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 05/04/2022Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a 5p per litre cut in fuel duty for petrol and diesel in the 2022 Spring Statement.
By Jamie SkeldingPublished On: 05/04/2022
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