IR35 is new legislation – fiction Many people think IR35 is a new piece of legislation that is being implemented from April 2020. Although there are significant changes from April, IR35 has been around since April 2000 and the purpose of the legislation is to combat disguised employment. It was previously the contractor who was […]
Trawling through 110 years of history to replicate a fascination of half that age is either Latin folly, or limited production genius, highlights Iain Robertson, as he reflects on Alfa Romeo’s commemorative GTA and even more extreme GTAm. In June of this year, Alfa celebrates its biggest birthday. It is making 500 of each GTA […]
Accountants are wary about the impact that the government’s IR35 off-payroll tax reforms will have on the UK’s contracting industry and would like to see them repealed altogether, a new survey has revealed. According to research by FreeAgent, who provide cloud accounting software for small businesses and accountants, an overwhelming 95% of UK accountants believe […]
In Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019, cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving a change in majority share ownership saw notable decreases in both value and number, while domestic M&A recorded an increase in the value but a fall in the number of deals. During January to December 2019, the estimates for the values of […]
Banking Competition Remedies Limited (BCR) is today announcing details of enhanced dowries for the lower four bands of the Incentivised Switching Scheme (ISS), and an increase in dowries for loans. This comes having reviewed performance of the Scheme as a whole and discussed this with RBS and ISS participants to which the majority of customers […]
A gaming start-up has raised £500,000, led by RLC Ventures, to turn their popular portfolio of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant games into an industry-first voice game subscription service. labworks, which was founded in 2016 and is based in London, has quickly become the leading creator of viral voice-activated games for Amazon and Google devices. […]
LendInvest, the UK’s leading non-bank property lender, has launched its first green finance initiative. All LendInvest bridge-to-let borrowers are now eligible to benefit from a cashback when they improve the EPC rating (or energy efficiency rating) of a property during the term of their loan. The initiative applies to bridge-to-let loan applications from 1st March […]
NatWest has today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting UK SMEs by removing the minimum monthly fee from its business account and launching its free ‘Business Builder’ digital coaching programme for start-ups and entrepreneurs. NatWest is now the first high street bank in the UK to offer a business banking account without a monthly fee, and […]
Innovative businesses from Ethnic Minority backgrounds have the chance to present their big ideas in front of global brands and investors through the MSDUK Innovation Challenge 2020. In this year’s theme, ‘Better Ideas for a Better World’, social innovation, future tech and sustainability all feature highly. The challenge aims to spotlight the best innovators across […]
Independent funder to invest further in core markets Independent SME funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the sale of its North American business to Global Merchant Fund Corporation (GMF) for an undisclosed sum. BFS entered the North American market in 2001, first opening an office in Florida. Today, the business has more than 100 […]
