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All employers need to be aware that the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates are increasing on 1‌‌‌ ‌‌April 2024. In addition, the National Living Wage will be extended to workers aged 21 and over (previously only for age 23 and over).

In the future, owners of Airbnb and short-term let properties in England will have to get planning permission before renting out rooms.

From 1 May 2024 it has been confirmed that Companies House are increasing their fees. Companies House fees are often…

A Steady Start to 2024 -
The year has begun on a tentative footing following the excesses of November and December, when asset prices galloped higher. Investors have paused to reflect on the ‘wall of worry’ that is said to accompany most bull markets. 

This…

13 February 2024

It was widely and incorrectly reported last week (w/c 8 Jan), that new reporting rules for digital platforms was…

In his 2023 Autumn statement the Chancellor’s giveaway came in the form of a cut to National Insurance rather…

The Institute of Charted Accountants Scotland (ICAS) has made an interesting and very useful comparison of the 2023/24 Scottish…

Investors enter 2024 with optimism -
Global stocks closed 2023 with their fourth largest annual return of the last twenty years. But those gains mostly came from a narrow group. The seven largest companies in the US - Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Facebook & Tesla – returned a colossal 111% on average.

Self-Assessment deadline 31st January Countdown for 5.7 million customers to file their tax return With less than a month…

The Scottish Budget plans for 2024/25 were announced by the new Scottish Finance Secretary, Shona Robison, on 19 December 2023 and included a new income tax band for higher earners in Scotland.