By Tom Maxwell In BlogPosted 13/01/2017 Fully funded courses to support self-employed The University of Lincoln and the Federation of Small Business (FSB) have joined forces to offer up to 100 free places on a new short course which aims to support self-employed people and [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In BlogPosted 22/12/2016 Festive Season Opening Hours 2016 Festive Season Opening Hours The team at Wright Vigar would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and healthy festive period. The Wright Vigar offices will close at Midday on [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In BlogPosted 21/12/2016 A time for giving…. Gift aid is a valuable incentive available to charities from HMRC. The scheme allows charities to claim an additional 25p for every £1 received on certain donations. When claiming this additional [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 23/11/2016 Autumn Statement 2016 – Turning the Budget on its head The Chancellor surprised everyone by announcing that this was his last Autumn Statement, but before we had time to wonder what had prompted him to hand in his resignation so soon after his [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 23/11/2016 Autumn Statement 2016 – Budgetary measures with mass appeal All Chancellors whilst trying to balance the books must surely have one eye on measures that are likely to be universally popular. On this occasion, Mr Hammond was keen to remind us of some of [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 23/11/2016 Autumn Statement 2016 – The cost of employment Mr Hammond was keen to remind the opposite benches that it was the Conservatives who had introduced the National Living Wage. From April 2017, this will increase from the current rate of £7.20 [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 23/11/2016 Autumn Statement 2016 – A U-turn on employee shareholder status A U-turn on Employee shareholder status A new employment status was introduced in 1 September 2013, that of Employee shareholder. The idea was that in return for giving up certain employment [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 23/11/2016 Autumn Statement 2016 – Changes announced to Salary sacrifice Following the recent consultation, the announcement to changes to salary sacrificed arrangements did not come as a surprise. A salary sacrifice arrangement allows an employee to give-up some of [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Business BitesizePosted 22/11/2016 Business Bitesize – November 2016 To download Business Bitesize ‘Hooked on Success’ click here You catch more customers only when you hook into their regular routines…click here to find out more. We hope you enjoy Business [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In BlogPosted 15/11/2016 November 2016 Tax Tips & News Welcome to November’s Tax Tips & News, our newsletter designed to bring you tax tips and news to keep you one step ahead of the taxman. If you need further assistance just let us know. [...] 0 Read More