The department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has recently announced £12.5 million in grant funding to businesses in the agriculture and horticulture sectors to help improve automation and robotics to boost productivity. Defra, in partnership with UK...
What is being delayed? HMRC has announced that plans to implement digital tax reporting for unincorporated businesses and self-employed individuals and landlords in April 2024 will be delayed until April 2026. Why has MTD been delayed? HMRC have said that businesses...
A recent survey from Glenigan of more than 100 members of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors (NFRC) has found that roofing and cladding contractors are still struggling with recruitment issues in the third quarter of 2022. But, this survey does confirm...
The trade body, UKHospitality has said that implementing an employment and skills strategy would help the sector realise its true potential. Hospitality vacancies are falling Recent statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed that vacancies...
In the fast-paced and competitive world of the restaurant industry, restaurant operators need to ensure that their operations are as efficient and customer-friendly as possible. Therefore, it is imperative that the latest restaurant technology trends are adopted by...
According to the latest figures from Barclaycard restaurant spend dropped by 12.2% in September. This is only expected to decrease more as the cost of living increases, discretionary purchases are expected to reduce. Year-on-year figures show that restaurant spend...
The first set of provisions from the Charities Act 2022 came into force on 31st October 2022. The first set of provisions can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-set-of-changes-from-charities-act-2022-come-into-force The Charities Act 2022 gained...
In 2021, one in eight charities (12.5%) were victims of a cyber-attack according to a survey of 2,330 charities across England and Wales conducted by IFF Research. The pandemic meant that charities were forced to gravitate towards online fundraising methods to enable...
Recent data has found that one-off charitable donations have dropped due to the cost-of-living crisis. However, perhaps unsurprisingly since the start of the pandemic charities have reported a significant rise in digital donations. One-off charity donations...
Charity employees and trustees often assume that they receive an automatic VAT exemption on all goods and services that they buy/receive. This is not the case and charities should understand the few concessions in the VAT legislation that can reduce their VAT bills....
Livery businesses are particularly difficult to structure from a tax perspective and it is advised that owners should spend time reviewing agreements with their clients on a regular basis to ensure that they are being as tax efficient as possible. This is in order to...
Introduction Research has found that implementing new farming technology will help reduce the productivity gap between the UK and countries with much higher productivity in agriculture such as Australia and the USA. Future funding is critical if UK livestock farmers...