HMRC checks in with Airbnb hosts

HMRC checks in with Airbnb hosts

In recent months, Airbnb has handed over data regarding user activity to HMRC, who, in turn, has begun contacting Airbnb hosts, requesting they file any undeclared earnings from the home-sharing site. Some reports assert that 19,000 Airbnb hosts have received letters from HMRC, alerting them that the

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Autumn Statement 2023 – Champion’s Reaction

Autumn Statement 2023 – Champion’s Reaction

Today, chancellor Jeremy Hunt outlined his Autumn Statement and key decisions affecting the nation’s finances. Despite the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgrading UK economic growth forecasts for 2024 (1.8% down to 0.7%) and 2025 (2.5% down to 1.4%), Mr Hunt promised that his 110 measures announced

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Budget 2023: Our Reaction

Budget 2023: Our Reaction

Today’s Spring Budget speech was a rowdy affair, with similar vein as any we’ve seen since they were first televised in 1990 when John Major delivered his speech to the Commons. Fast forward to 2023, and chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his and the PM’s ‘Budget for Growth’.

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Champion Round-Up | 31st January

Champion Round-Up  |  31st January

Champion Round-Up | By Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner We’ve entered a new year with a renewed sense of determination, and our teams are primed and ready with a toolbox of expertise, strategy, analysis and speed to support clients through a period that promises to test us.

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When does a hobby turn into a business?

When does a hobby turn into a business?

There were more than 800,000 new businesses launched in 2021. Many of these will be the brainwaves of people stepping into the world of business for the very first time, as what was once just a hobby has started to generate income. When this happens, it comes

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