From 6th April 2022, employees and employers alike will be subject to an increase in National Insurance Contributions from 12% to 13.25%. In September last year, the government announced the changes – titled the Health & Social Care Levy – as a means of raising £36billion in
Read more →Written by Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner Almost two years on from the first murmurings of a COVID lockdown in the UK (and a long two years at that!), the PM has announced an end to all Coronavirus related restrictions in England. Some will celebrate, some will
Read more →A Champion accountant who joined the advisory group as a Trainee 16 years ago has been promoted to the role of Associate Director. Nathan Jones, who joined Champion Accountants at the age of 19, will be tasked with growing the group’s Chester practice by focusing on its
Read more →Written by Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner The last two years have revealed such tenacity, motivation and innovation in business owners who’ve had to weather a truly challenging time. As we appear to be emerging out of the pandemic, with hope on the horizon for a drop
Read more →As the impact of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, grows throughout the UK and we once again face the possibility of restrictions over the festive period and into the New Year, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has today announced a series of support measures for hospitality and leisure
Read more →Written by Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner Data-driven decision making has gone from a priority to an absolute necessity, with us witnessing continued demand for management accounts. As the pandemic took hold, many businesses relied on management accounts to keep a tight hold of their finances, make
Read more →Comments from Sharon Duckworth, director and senior mortgage broker at Key Mortgage Advice The housing market changed dramatically during COVID, fluctuating between unprecedented buoyancy to major slowdowns. There was always going to be a legacy of this behaviour, but the main challenges for self-employed individuals and company
Read more →Meet Kelly in the Preston office, and her side business in luxury cakes… Senior accountant, Kelly Towriess, based in our Preston office, is a skilled accountant with years of experience, but she’s also spent seven years building an incredible and renowned side business. When Kelly was planning
Read more →Written by Ged Cosgrove, group managing partner Carbon emissions currently dominate the headlines and will no doubt continue to do so as world leaders gather for another week of talks in Glasgow. As figureheads debate targets and quotas, what’s already known is that the UK government will
Read more →At lunchtime today, we saw Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out the Government’s 2021 Autumn Budget and Spending Review. Despite the flurry of announcements from the Chancellor’s office over the last few days, there was still considerable ground to cover in his speech today. Mr
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