New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023

New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023

  New minimum wage rates from 1 April 2023  A handy reminder of the new numbers:    Age                   Old rate           New Rate                     %age  23                      £9.50                £10.42                              9.7%  21-22           ...
Collecting debts in 12 easy steps

Collecting debts in 12 easy steps

  When onboarding a new customer and offering credit terms, make sure you have details of the person to contact about payment. Always send a statement electronically at each month end (if monthly terms). This should be easy with modern software. Delegate someone...
Big change to Company Law on the horizon

Big change to Company Law on the horizon

Big change to Company Law on the horizon The white paper on reform to the Company Register, sets out a series of adjustments for businesses for 2023 to “safeguard our national security and reduce the economic and social costs of fraud,” the white paper laid out that...
Furlough claims – Ooops!

Furlough claims – Ooops!

Furlough claims – Ooops! Many businesses have inadvertently made errors in their furlough claims and a small number have knowingly over claimed. HMRC say they are not writing anything off and have legal powers to recover this money up to 20 years after the event....
WHAT IS A DIRECTORS LOAN ACCOUNT? – (DLA)

WHAT IS A DIRECTORS LOAN ACCOUNT? – (DLA)

WHAT IS A DIRECTOR’S LOAN ACCOUNT? If your business is set up as a Company rather than a Sole Trade or Partnership, it is important to remember that the Company is a separate legal entity. It is “Corporate” from the Latin “corpus” meaning body and has its own legal...