Champion Round-Up | By Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner Just like that, here we are at the end of another year. And what a year it’s been. With Covid restrictions behind us, and recovery in everyone’s sights, we began the year with a hangover of pandemic challenges
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Champion Round-Up | By Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner Amongst the many challenges businesses face due to today’s economic climate, skills and recruitment continue to be a theme across multiple sectors, including our own. Without the right talent, growth can be stifled, and the hunt for good
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One of the key announcements from the Autumn Statement was Jeremy Hunt’s cutbacks to the R&D tax relief scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Despite the chancellor reaffirming the Government’s commitment to R&D, this announcement didn’t come as a surprise, given recent reports of R&D abuse
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It was a bright and early start for our new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, as he promptly kicked off his Autumn Statement speech to the Commons at 11:30am. His hour-long statement covered plenty of ground, and as the old adage goes – the devil is in the detail
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A host of new accounting talent from across the North West has joined Champion Group, benefitting from a dedicated trainee programme designed to ensure their careers and professional confidence flourish. After a recruitment drive that saw dozens of applications from youngsters finishing their A Levels or equivalent
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Written by Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner As each new day emerges, there is breaking news that has the potential to impact all our lives in both a professional and personal capacity. Of late, we’ve heard musings of a recession, there have been fluctuations to interest and
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Just hours after his appointment, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced on Friday afternoon that the government’s planned freeze on Corporation Tax was being reversed and that it would increase – as originally legislated – to 25% from April 2023. Then at 11:15am yesterday (17th October), having been in
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Notwithstanding any further announcements from Downing Street over the coming weekend, prime minister, Liz Truss, has this afternoon announced the reversal of a key policy to freeze Corporation Tax. During a short press briefing, the PM reversed the government’s plans to freeze Corporation Tax at 19%, meaning
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Today’s “mini budget” was anything but; so much so that it should have been billed the “not so mini” budget. The newly appointed chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, stood up at 9:30am and announced a host of measures, some of which we were expecting but there were far more
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Earlier today, the government revealed brand new plans to help businesses cope with the energy crisis. From 1st October to 31st March 2023, there will be a cap of 21.1p per kWh applied to electricity, and 7.5p per kWh applied to gas. This is compared to wholesale
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In this month’s Champion round-up, our group managing partner, Ged Cosgrove, discusses whether there will be brighter days ahead for the UK amidst the current recession, and the impact of last month’s #SpringBudget #NationalInsurance reductions. 💷
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