From Sunday, employers may be eligible for a £2,000 tax cut off their National Insurance Contributions bill. Known as “Employment Allowance”, this tax cut has been introduced to help free up money for small businesses aspiring to grow. Most businesses and charities that pay Employer NICs on
Read more →With an economy that is growing faster than the OBR had originally forecast, unemployment down and reductions in the UK headline and structural deficits, at last, 5 years into his reign, the Chancellor had the chance to offer up a rewarding Budget and perhaps secure the votes
Read more →Champion Accountants are teaming up with Growth Accelerator to invite business leaders to “Believe in Better” at the Tickled Trout Hotel, Preston, on Friday 21st March. This two hour event will explore the effect of positive belief on individuals, teams and organisations and how this can be
Read more →Congratulations are in order for two Champion team members who have recently passed their final ACCA exams and are now fully qualified accountants. Amy Hesford and Leigh Cocker from Champion’s Blackpool office received their exam results early Saturday morning and were both delighted with the good news.
Read more →2013 saw four Champion team members celebrate milestone work anniversaries. It was a double celebration at Chester, when Diane Fowler from the Admin team and Paulette Thomas from the Tax team clocked up 30 years and 20 years of service respectively. Diane started her first day of
Read more →SIMON TURTINGTON from Champion IT Solutions is warning business owners that in April 2014, Microsoft will end support and updates for Windows XP, Office 2003, MS Exchange 2003 and any other 2003 operating system. Why is support ending? All Microsoft Business products receive a 10 year period
Read more →Congratulations to Nathan Jones from Champion’s Chester office on achieving his ACCA qualification and becoming a fully qualified accountant. Nathan sat his final exam last June but it wasn’t until August that the results were released and Nathan could breathe a sigh of relief! He commented, “Studying
Read more →Champion has joined forces with one of Blackpool’s oldest accountancy practices. Boniface & Co. merged with Champion on Friday 1st November. The firm was established by Michael Boniface in 1978, with his brother Andrew joining the firm as Partner, in 2001. The merger sees two of Blackpool’s
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