Considering popping the question on Valentine’s Day? Here we look at some of the various tax credits and breaks married couples can benefit from and how it can pay to get married. The Marriage Allowance | Inheritance Tax | Pay less Capital Gains Tax | Reduce Income...
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Will Rose appointed Head of Risk & Governance
Will Rose Will Rose has been appointed Head of Risk & Governance at Hawsons Wealth Management. Will studied Environmental Studies at Sheffield Hallam University completing his degree in 2007. Will started his career as a Technical Support Adviser in 2008 before...
CTW Hardfacing Management Buyout – Case Study
A management buyout (“MBO”) has been completed at CTW Hardfacing. Based in Sheffield and established in 1972, CTW Hardfacing provides long term wear resistant solutions to a wide range of industries, including those in the power generation, steel production, oil and...
EOT Case Study – Lyndhurst Cooling & Heating Services
Hawsons Corporate Finance had the pleasure of supporting Lyndhurst Cooling & Heating Services Limited (“Lyndhurst” or “the Company”), a family run commercial cooling and heating solutions specialist, during its transition to Employee Ownership. Lyndhurst was...
Hawsons act as lead advisors for Bank Park on their sale to Intelli-park
Hawsons Corporate Finance are pleased to announce that they acted as the lead advisor to the shareholders of Bank Park, a car parking operator with sites across the UK, on the sale to PE-Backed Intelli-Park, a provider of parking technology and management services in...
Autumn Budget 2024 Summary
Autumn Budget 2024 SummaryChancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget on Wednesday 30 October 2024. She pledged to ‘invest, invest, invest’ to drive growth and ‘restore economic stability’. Billions in tax rises Ms Reeves said the Budget will raise £40 billion in...
Autumn Budget 2024 – Key Tax Announcements
Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her 2024 Spring Budget where she summarised the UK economic performance and announced her proposals for tax. In this budget, the chancellor announced that she will raise taxes by £40bn to increase government funding. In this...
Home Utility Group transition to Employee Ownership – Case Study
Hawsons Corporate Finance had the pleasure of supporting Home Utility Group Limited (“HUG”), a well-established heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) systems distributor and installer, during its transition to Employee Ownership. About Home Utility...
Importing Classic Cars and Aircraft – 5% VAT and no Import Duty
Following Brexit, it is becoming more expensive to import classic cars and aircraft from the European Union. Importing them from outside of the EU has always been subject to VAT. For older classics did you know that you can get a reduced VAT rate of 5% and no import...
Tax changes for furnished holiday lets (FHL’s)
If you own a furnished holiday property, you may wish to consider taking action before 5 April 2025. In the Spring Budget, it was announced that the Furnished Holiday Let Regime will be abolished and draft legislation has now been published, which has provided some...
Reasons to file your self assessment tax return early
It may be tempting to put off preparing your self-assessment tax return until later in the year. However, there are many benefits of submitting your tax return early and keeping on top of your tax affairs. Peace of mind Christmas can be a very busy time of year so...
VAT on schools fees from January 2025
Private school fees will no longer be exempt from VAT from 1 January 2025. Anti-forestalling provisions will be in place from 29 July until 30 October 2024. This means that any pre-paid fees paid for the first term of the school year will continue be exempt from VAT...










