We are always looking to make our clients’ lives easier. That is why we have partnered with Receipt Bank, the award-winning Xero add-on that automatically converts all your invoices and receipts into data, making it easy for you to send your financial information straight to your accounting software or to your bookkeeper. Spending too much…Read More
Written by Cardens’ Trainee Accountant, Mike Bates Looking to tidy up and pay your creditors? Transferwise is a new third party app for Xero that allows you to pay a large batch payment via a single bank transfer saving time for both you and your suppliers. The new app will take the hassle out of…Read More
The Prime Minister announced a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) extension and a halt to the Job Support Scheme ahead of the new lockdown in England commencing on 5 November. The Grant will ensure employees receive 80% of their current salary for hours not worked, up to a maximum of £2,500. Businesses will have flexibility…Read More
We’re scheduled to enter into lockdown from Thursday 5th November until 2nd December, pending a vote passing in the House of Commons. Most agree that it will be passed, and the lockdown will follow the guidelines set out by the Prime Minster on Monday 2nd November. As is the tradition, we learn about the latest…Read More
Introduction There is still some uncertainty as to whether the UK or EU will agree a tariff-free trade agreement. Either way, UK business will face additional documentation for importing and exporting goods to the EU from 1 January 2021, so a Brexit planning checklist is required. Planning for the new requirements seems sensible right now.…Read More
At the end of the transition period, the eCommerce Directive will no longer apply to the UK. You should begin to prepare for these changes now. The following has been extracted from the Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-ecommerce-directive-after-the-transition-period Changes from 1 January 2021 Rules relating to online activities in European Economic Area (EEA) countries may newly apply…Read More
HMRC opened its own online portal on 1 October to process and receive tax relief claims for thousands of workers who have been told to work from home by their employers during the pandemic. Since its launch, the portal has been used by 50,000 workers, HMRC has revealed. Claiming working from home tax relief…Read More
Taxpayers and agents must check all Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) & Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) claims and make necessary corrections before the confirmed 20 October deadline, or face penalties. Claims must comply with the latest scheme guidance, which stipulates that incorrect claims must be amended by the deadline. After this window of…Read More
HMRC has extended the deadline for customs training funding. Applications are open until 30 June 2021 (or until all the £50 million funding package is allocated). The funding can be used towards helping businesses train staff in making customs declarations. The funding is open to businesses that are established in or have a branch in…Read More
Due to COVID-19, you may have delayed payment of your July 2020 tax payment to January 2021. If you’ve not submitted your details to complete your 2020 tax return to us yet, please can you send the details by the 31st October. This will help us calculate your payment due by the tax return deadline…Read More
Kate Nicholls gives evidence to Treasury Committee highlighting damage caused by the 10pm curfew Affects of 10pm curfew on hospitality UKHospitality has urged MPs to rethink the 10pm curfew which is crippling hospitality businesses. Giving evidence to the House of Commons Treasury Committee, UKHospitality Chief Executive Kate Nicholls highlighted the damaging effect the restriction has…Read More
Written by Cardens Partner, Carol Rigby If your customers pay you a regular, repeating amount, there is a great new feature from Xero and Stripe called Auto Pay. Xero and the global payments processor has created this feature to help businesses get paid faster, optimise invoicing and ensure more cash flow certainty. How does Auto…Read More
We’ve reached out fifth installment of our ’50 Ways to Grow a Business’ series. We hope that you have found useful takeaways which apply to your business model. If you missed part four, follow the link. Next up is part five, which discusses incentives, referrals, improving your reception area and more to grow a business.…Read More
Here are the details of three new grant funding opportunities available through the Coast to Capital Growth Hub designed to help smaller businesses recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Kick-start Tourism grant ‘Business Recovery Grants’ Growing Places Investment Fund Funding is extremely limited and schemes are expected to be very popular, so you…Read More
Here are the headlines from the Chancellors’ Winter Economy Plan statement in Parliament where a series of measures to help jobs and businesses were announced. NEW JOB SUPPORT SCHEME ANNOUNCED Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a new job scheme starting 1 November 2020 to replace the current Job retention (“furlough”) scheme which ends 31 October…Read More
As a valued member of our community, we appreciate the trust you place in us to make sure all your critical services continue.
We are committed to an evidence-led and common-sense approach to containing the coronavirus outbreak and mitigating its impact on employees, customers and our wider business operations.
Please be assured we are preparing for our services to continue as normal. We have business continuity plans in place to minimise the risk of infection and make sure we can continue to deliver a business-as-usual service to our customers should an infection occur at an office. These include implementing clear guidelines for employees, providing support and advice for anyone who needs to self-quarantine, and issuing guidance on following safe hygiene practices across the organisation.
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