News and Events - Page 2

The annual agricultural shows across East Lothian, the Borders, and Northumberland offer a great chance to catch up with our clients and associates. We were pleased to support both the Haddington Show and the Border Union Agricultural Show again this summer.

From April 2026 HMRC is introducing a new method for sole traders and landlords to report income and expenses, called ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’.

You may have noticed that we have been in touch earlier than usual to request your financial records for this year’s accounts and tax return season. We want to take a moment to explain why this change is necessary and how it benefits you.

With borrowing costs climbing and economic growth faltering, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to find new revenue sources and that is stirring speculation about both fiscal drag and stealth taxes and also potential tax increases.

Late Summer Bank Holiday Monday 25 August 2025: All offices - CLOSED

Taxing and opting out of Winter Fuel Payments -

14 August 2025

We are delighted to announce that Joseph Findlay and Matthew Taylor have been appointed as Partners with effect from 1 June 2025.

Our Spring newsletter focusses on the implications from the Chancellors Autumn budget and looks at the changes to Tax from April 2025. We also highlight our Tax Investigation Protection Service. In addition to shining a spotlight on our Apprentices, we find out more about our two new Associates and say, 'arrivederci' to two long serving member of the Team here in Berwick.

Changes to Employee Protection under the Worker Protection Act 2023

The meaning of the Italian word Arrivederci is ‘goodbye, until we meet again’. Since Greaves West & Ayre opened our doors in 1918 we have said goodbye to some long standing members of the team. We started 2025 by saying a fond farewell to two key members of GWA -
Derek Simpson and Brian Tait