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| Jun 16, 2025 | Richard Caring apologises for supplier letter amid wave of criticism | Richard Caring has been forced into an embarrassing apology after City AM revealed his restaurant group demanded suppliers take a “mandatory” 2.5 per cent pay cut.
The founder of the Ivy Collection and Caprice Holdings endured a wave of cri... |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Frontieras and Taxd: Two Innovators Reshaping Their Industries | In the bustling world of energy and finance, two companies are making waves. Frontieras North America is poised to redefine energy markets, while Taxd is transforming the tax filing experience. Both companies are led by visionaries who unde... |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Terribly Taxing 'The old-school accountant has met its match': Meet Arj Kumar, the tax tech entrepreneur bringing calm to chaos. | For most people, tax season is a time of quiet dread - a looming deadline, a barrage of jargon, and a vague fear of doing it all wrong. But for Arj Kumar, it was the beginning of an idea: what if the headache could be removed entirely? As c... |
| Apr 12, 2025 | Trump, tariffs and GDP: How do you forecast uncertainty? | The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), one of the UK’s central forecasters, prepared itself for President Trump’s tariff war – or at least partially.
At a presentation after Chancellor Reeves’ Spring Statement, OBR chair Richard Hughes... |
| Oct 9, 2024 | Swedish unicorn Trustly says IPO “not around the corner”, despite appointing IPO-experienced CFO | Swedish payments unicorn Trustly says it's unlikely to IPO in the next 24 months, despite yesterday appointing a CFO who oversaw Deliveroo’s listing in the UK.
Trustly, which leverages open banking technology to allow its customers to pay d... |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Deskpro: $25 Million Closed To Develop Flexible Help Desk Software | Deskpro announced the closing of a $25 million Series A funding round led by Elsewhere Partners to meet the demand for its comprehensive suite of proven help desk solutions. And Deskpro will use the growth funding to strengthen its customer... |
| Mar 14, 2024 | More than £80m spent on remote working kit for ‘couch potato’ HMRC staff | HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) spent more than £82m on remote working devices for its workers, City A.M. can reveal.
The taxman purchased over 175,000 laptops, tablet computers, phones, and desktops at a total cost of £82,609,759 over the la... |
| Apr 25, 2023 | HMRC Raises IT Budget to Over $150m | According to official data, the IT staffing budget is now over £150 million.
Data was obtained by Parliament Street think tank under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, revealing that £152,871,499 was spent on 4,032 IT staff in the most r... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Why Public Policy Should Determine The Location Of Your International Entity | Hanna Asmussen is the CEO & Co-Founder of Localyze, a global mobility platform for companies and employees. |
| May 26, 2021 | Tax : LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN R&D TAX RELIEF | Research and development continues to be a highly relevant and topical area in the world of corporation tax. The UK is unusual internationally in operating two R&D schemes with the newer, large company 'above the line' research and deve... |
| May 25, 2021 | Tax : LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TAX RELIEF | Research and development continues to be a highly relevant and topical area in the world of corporation tax. The UK is unusual internationally in operating two R&D schemes with the newer, large company 'above the line' research and deve... |
| May 12, 2021 | One in three small firms not prepared for imminent PAYE changes | Many small firms are unprepared for imminent changes to the PAYE system, with only 64% aware of the changes that the introduction of the Real Time Information (RTI) system will bring, according to new research published today. The study of ... |
| Apr 10, 2020 | HMRC offers COVID-19 extension for import VAT and duty payments due on 15 April | The payment of VAT and duties can be a significant cash flow burden on businesses and HMRC has recognised this in the number of easements introduced in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The Chancellor announced on 20 March that VAT payments ... |
| Apr 1, 2020 | Criminals are using COVID-19 to scam the public – don’t become a victim | Law enforcement, government and private sectors partners are working together to encourage members of the public to be more vigilant against fraud, particularly about sharing their financial and personal information, as criminals seek to ca... |
| Apr 22, 2016 | Intellectual property protection: why, where, when & how | Intellectual property protection: why, where, when & how
22-04-2016
Protecting your design. It is important that your innovations and ideas work hard for you and earn you money. Protecting them to prevent others benefiting is imperative... |
| Feb 20, 2016 | Гарри Поттер и налоговые льготы | RBS тратился на кино вовсе не из особой любви к кинематографу, не из склонности к меценатству и даже не в расчете на будущие кассовые сборы. Главным побудительным мотивом были налоговые послабления для инвесторов, с помощью которых британск... |
| Jul 8, 2015 | Summer Budget 2015: The Tech Facts | This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website.
Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered his summer Budget after what was an interesting March announcement for the digital economy. We’ve produced a ... |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Bitcoin Industry Responds to UK Treasury's Call for Information | The United Kingdom Treasury's public call for information on digital currencies closed yesterday, after a 31-day consultation period.
The Treasury issued the call on 3rd November after the Chancellor of the Exchequer said in the summer that... |
| Oct 21, 2014 | After tax trick ends, Ireland likely to slightly raise taxes on tech firms | Maik Meid reader comments 66 with 34 posters participating
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Further ReadingIreland to phase out “Double Irish” tax trickery, to Google’s chagrin The Irish Ministry of Financ... |
| Aug 28, 2014 | Bitcoin ruling still doesn’t answer which country has the right to tax | It’s been about five years since bitcoin emerged online, claiming to be the world’s first digital cryptocurrency. Bitcoin functions as a form of digital cash; really, it is a technology, using cryptography to ensure the validity of transact... |
| Aug 16, 2014 | Europe Inches Towards a Decision on Bitcoin VAT | A recent legal referral in the EU may be inching the region a little closer to more unity on one small element of bitcoin taxation, but it won’t do much to help global confusion on the matter.
In June, Sweden asked Europe’s highest court, t... |
| Aug 15, 2014 | Understanding areas of risk within Capital Allowances for plant and machinery | Understanding areas of risk within Capital Allowances for plant and machinery
15-08-2014
Exact Business Taxation Services explains areas of risk within Capital Allowances for plant and machinery.
The HMRC toolkit for Capital Allowances has ... |
| Aug 13, 2014 | Australia’s listed technology sector is about to boom | In my last article I responded to an interview in Vox with Marc Andreessen. Andreessen lamented that, in spite of a historic gold rush in technology companies, the IPO is dying in the United States due to zealous over regulation in the form... |
| Jul 29, 2014 | Alpha Technology Blames PayPal Dispute for ASIC Delivery Delay | UPDATE (22nd December 12:13 GMT): Andrew Laurus contacted CoinDesk to say that, as of 21st December, he surrendered his shares in Alpha Technology Ltd and is no longer a shareholder, nor has any role or connection to the company.
Manchester... |
| Jan 8, 2014 | Atlassian’s move to the UK exposes Australia’s tech investment black hole | Yesterday’s story that Atlassian – one of Australia’s few genuine high tech start-up success stories – is moving its domicile to the United Kingdom illustrates a deep malaise in the nation’s business and political cultures.
Late last year I... |
| Sep 2, 2013 | Handshake Is A Personal Data Marketplace Where Users Get Paid To Sell Their Own Data | They don’t go around shouting about it but most Internet companies make money off user data — either by selling the specifics of individuals’ digital activity to interested companies, or by bundling up multiple users’ data into quasi-anonym... |
| Jul 24, 2013 | Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue is looking for more corporate supporters - can you help? | Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue is looking for more corporate supporters - can you help?
24-07-2013
Cambridgeshire Search & Rescue (CamSAR) is currently looking for new business supporters to join their corporate supporters members gro... |
| Jul 8, 2013 | HMRC: UK bitcoin exchanges don’t have to register under money laundering regulations | Bitcoin exchanges operating in the UK do not have to register with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) under money laundering regulations, the government department has revealed.
In a letter to Joel Dalais, director of soon-to-launch exchange F... |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Goodbye Mr Silva — A Brief History Of East London’s ‘Tech City’ | It was December 2009 and I was headed to a Christmas party at Number 10 Downing Street. This wasn’t exactly a regular diary date for me. Two years in to working for TechCrunch out of London and it had proven harder than I’d thought to attra... |
| Mar 6, 2013 | New London Incubator SeedCloud Puts £500,000 Into Sentience Technology, Aims At Big Data Startups | As if there weren’t enough technology startup accelerators already in Europe, yet another launched today with the hope of attracting ‘cloud’ based startups in the areas of Big Data, Machine Learning and other similarly high-end areas. But u... |
| Dec 22, 2012 | From Silicon Valley To Europe: Is The U.S. Series A Crunch Affecting European Startups? | Q: Is Silicon Valley’s Series A crunch causing a chill in Europe? A: Yes and no.
A lot has been written about the Series A crunch/palpable chill in Silicon Valley that’s making founders pull their cardigans a little closer. Most recently a ... |
| Dec 6, 2012 | Prepare your business for payroll change: IRIS Software launch RTI seminar series | Payroll specialist holds RTI courses to ensure local businesses meet new HMRC mandate – the biggest change to payroll since PAYE in 1944
Berkshire, UK, 6 December 2012 – IRIS Software Group, a market leader in payroll and accountancy soluti... |
| Nov 7, 2012 | IRIS Software Group offers Sage’s TAS payroll customers free RTI migration programme | Sage leaves loyal customers without RTI in their current solution
Berkshire, UK, 7 November, 2012 – Market leading Accountancy and Payroll solutions provider IRIS Software Group, has announced that it is offering its full range of payroll p... |
| Oct 11, 2012 | UK Hands Out Tax Breaks For 'Using' Patents | The UK Government has unveiled a new tax break scheme, Patent Box, for corporations that use patents — either through owning the patent or being the exclusive licensee. |
| Sep 13, 2012 | Qi3 Accelerator call for seed investment proposals opens for engineering businesses | Qi3 Accelerator call for seed investment proposals opens for engineering businesses
13-09-2012
Qi3 Accelerator, the UKBAA’s Early Stage Team of the Year 2012, is pleased to announce its open call for proposals for seed investment in Seed En... |
| Dec 19, 2011 | The cash gift for children that also supports charities | Charity Bank’s Small Steps savers account has an interest rate of 2% p.a. and helps charitable organisations.
19 December 2011: This Christmas, anyone worrying about what to buy for a child should consider another option. Charity Bank, the ... |
| Mar 22, 2011 | Buyers warned against stamp duty mitigation schemes | Buyers warned against stamp duty mitigation schemes
22-03-2011
Buyers of houses above £1m looking to find ways to mitigate the forthcoming increase in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) should beware of any schemes that claim to help, a local exper... |
| Feb 1, 2011 | Charity Bank announces its new competitive rate, charity ISA | Funds from cash ISA will only be invested in charities, social enterprises and community organisations
1 February 2011 - Charity Bank today announces the availability of its new Cash ISA. Offering customers the competitive market rate of 2%... |
| Nov 24, 2010 | IRIS Accountancy Practice Solutions Announces Immediate Availability of iXBRL-ready IRIS Accounts Production | New product release uses IRIS iXBRL engine already used to file over 100,000 Corporation Tax returns since April 2010
IRIS customers fully iXBRL compliant five months ahead of HMRC mandation
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Datchet, U.K. – 24th November 2010 -- I... |
| Jun 23, 2010 | Guest post: The budget is a win for startups | This is a guest post by Danvers Baillieu, an associate solicitor at Winston & Strawn and co-founder of Bootlaw.
A few weeks ago on these pages, I reviewed the history of capital gains tax (CGT) in the UK and made my predictions for the ... |
| May 28, 2010 | Guest post: Will the new UK government be good to entrepreneurs? | This is a guest post by Danvers Baillieu, an associate solicitor at Winston & Strawn and co-founder of Bootlaw.
The day before the UK General Election, Techcrunch EU ran this post highlighting the taxation policies of the Liberal Democr... |
| Feb 16, 2010 | Guest Post: Thanks, UK Government, for NOT helping me build my startup | This guest post was written by Azeem Azhar, founder of Viewsflow.
Viewsflow is building what it describes as an “expertise platform” and has launched a consumer business aggregator, built on this platform. You can read more from Azeem on Tw... |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Startup investors can get tax relief AND liquidation preferences | [UK] William Reeve is one of the most experienced Internet entreprenuers and investors in the UK.
Just check out his speech at GeeknRolla this year.
Today he tweeted about something he’s found out concerning liquidation preferences.
This is... |
| Mar 21, 2009 | How Barclays Ensured That Everyone Would See Their Confidential Tax Avoidance Documents | The lawyers never seem to get the fact that some things just aren’t that interesting until they try to force people not to talk about them. And that’s certainly the case with London headquartered Barclays bank, which has fought the UK newsp... |
| Nov 22, 2007 | UK government loses data on as many as 25 million people | Calling it a data breach is an understatement. The UK government has lost child benefit data on as many as 25 million people in its country, making it the largest loss of personal information ever reported.
The information was included on t... |
| Oct 19, 2007 | Redundancy: nightmare or opportunity? | Redundancy: nightmare or opportunity?
19-10-2007
Have you ever dreamt of an HR manager handing you a P45, and woken up afraid to look behind you in case you saw your career? Ian Sandison of Remtec explains why redundancy is not always to be... |
| Jan 10, 2007 | HMRC issues R&D tax credit claim practice note | HMRC issues R&D tax credit claim practice note
10-01-2007
Following their setting up of specialist units for dealing with R&D tax credit claims, HM Revenue & Customs have now issued a practice note setting out how the units will... |
| What do startups need to know about the government’s proposed Income Tax reform? | Last week, HM Treasury announced complex new plans to change the way small businesses pay income tax, as part of its ambitious Make Tax Digital (MTD) plan.
According to the draft legislation, the changes – which would be introduced in 2023 ... |
| One in three small firms not prepared for imminent PAYE changes | Many small firms are unprepared for imminent changes to the PAYE system, with only 64% aware of the changes that the introduction of the Real Time Information (RTI) system will bring, according to new research published today. The study of ... |
| University of Oxford Isis Fund Launch | Tax effective investing: share in the future of Oxford University spin-outs |