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Summer 2012
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Budget 2012: Could a reduction in VAT rate benefit tourism businesses?
Colin Johnson, corporate services director at Moore and Smalley, and head of the firm’s leisure and tourism team in Kendal, on the need to support the tourism sector. There have been well publicised calls for the rate of VAT on tourism-related activity to be cut to five per cent in line with many other European [...]
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Colin Johnson
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Tourism and Leisure businesses, The Budget
On March 16 2012
Budget 2012: We need a long-term focus on job creation
Graham Gordon, partner and head of financial planning and wealth management, at Moore and Smalley, calls for job creation incentives and help for wealth creators. The feedback I have been getting from business owners is that there is no encouragement for them to go out and create jobs. If an employer has to go through [...]
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Graham Gordon
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The Budget
On March 15 2012
Budget 2012: Employer NI holiday would help owner managed businesses
Damian Walmsley, partner at Moore and Smalley, calls for a National Insurance holiday to help owner managed businesses as well as targeted help for the construction sector. The Government has made it clear it intends to stick to its deficit reduction plan and so this is likely to be another Budget without major concessions. However, [...]
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Damian Walmsley
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Advice for Businesses, The Budget
On March 14 2012
Budget 2012: Confidence key to unlocking growth
Stephen Gregson, corporate finance director at Moore and Smalley, outlines his expectations for the Budget. Like many, I expect this Budget to be less about big structural changes and more about relatively small measures intended to stimulate confidence. With inflation easing back, Government may be optimistic that the second half of the year will be [...]
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Stephen Gregson
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The Budget
On March 13 2012
Why Budget 2011 is good for creative businesses
The Chancellor has introduced extra tax reliefs for innovative firms and entrepreneurs. The rate of the SME research and development tax credit is to increase to 200 per cent as from April 2011. The plan is that it will rise further, to 225 per cent, as from April 2012. The R&D credit scheme is also [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Creative and Digital businesses, The Budget
On April 14 2011
How Budget 2011 affects GP practices
Moore and Smalley’s Debbie Wood discuss how the budget impacts GP practices.
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Debbie Wood
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Healthcare businesses, Moore and Smalley TV, The Budget
On April 11 2011
How Budget 2011 affects professional practices
Moore and Smalley’s Karen Hain and Rachel Marsdin discuss how the budget affects professional practices.
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PR Office
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Advice for Businesses, Moore and Smalley TV, The Budget
On April 4 2011
Budget 2011: What I want to see
Ahead of Budget Day on 23 March 2011 Rob Kenmare, corporate finance partner at Moore and Smalley shares his thoughts on what he would like to see announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne. “I hope to see any form of measure which encourages investment or lending in ‘smaller’ businesses and also makes the process of investing simpler. [...]
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Rob Kenmare
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Buying and selling a business, Moore and Smalley comment, The Budget
On March 21 2011
