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National Apprenticeship Week 10-16 February 2025 This week is National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2025 and we caught up with Richard Ayre…

A Rollercoaster Start to the Year -
2025 has begun with the market’s focus flipping between different topics at a lightning pace. Firstly, government bond yields spiked higher and created alarm about budget deficits. However, lower inflation data made those fears subside and led to a strong rally...

We are delighted to announce two new Associates within Greaves West & Ayre. Carron McEwen and Neil Robertson took up their positions within the Practice on 16 December 2024.

On Monday 14 January 2025 we welcomed Kate Barker from the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) to our…

Our online card payment function is now fully operational again.

We are at a point in time where US stocks are dominating all others, in terms of both their outright size and the strength of their returns. In 2024, the MSCI USA index gained 24.6%, almost double the 12.4% return achieved by the rest of the world (MSCI World ex-USA). However, 2025 does bring a mixed outlook for unemployment and inflation, in the US and elsewhere, therefore it will be interesting to see if investment returns can remain so strong in the coming year.

Greaves West & Ayre recently held two successful and well-attended Port Budget Rural Seminars.

Community News –  We are always delighted to get involved with a wide variety of community events…

Our Festive Opening Hours for our Offices are detailed below -

Attention! An important change in legislation will be taking affect in April 2026 which will affect payroll processes.

As you may be aware, in February 2024 HMRC proposed a change in relation to the tax treatment of double cab pick-ups for both capital allowances and benefit in kind (BIK) purposes. They then quickly changed their mind around a week later and decided not to implement the changes. However, following the most recent Budget the Government have again decided these changes should be put in place.

The favourable tax regime for Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHLs) was first introduced in 1984. Forty years later, in the Spring 2024 Budget the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt announced its abolition from 6 April 2025.