April 2015 Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill, the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 26 March. The Bill is now an Act of [...]
A survey by Halifax has revealed that only 43 percent of people are currently saving for a mortgage, a figure which has dropped by 6 percent from 2014. The factors that have deterred first time [...]
Extra protection has been provided for current account holders, with temporarily large amounts of money, is part of a new compensation scheme that protects clients if their bank goes bust. The [...]
The following are recent changes which are to be made to the Insolvency regime: The Bankruptcy Petition limit for a creditor to present a petition is due to be increased from the current level of [...]
Under current Insolvency Law an Insolvency Practitioner (IP) has certain record keeping obligations which require them to maintain “at least the information specified in Schedule 3 to these [...]
Recent GDP figures released have shown that the UK economy grew at its fastest rate in 2014 for the past 9 years. These figures were released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and showed [...]
The company behind B & Q and Screwfix, Kingfisher, have announced that they plan to close around 60 B & Q stores over the next two years. However it does have plans to open 60 new stores [...]
On Sunday 29th March 2015 the clocks will go forward one hour, marking the start of British Summer Time and making the mornings darker and the evening longer. For years lobbyists have been trying [...]
Businesses have until 1st April 2015 to submit their rating appeal and will miss our on 5 years worth of rebates if they fail to do so. The rateable value of a non-domestic property is assessed [...]
So the long awaited budget announcement has been made, you have been to various events and seminars regarding the changes coming into force but all you want is a breakdown of what is happening [...]