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Spring 2012
It's 7:57pm on Wednesday 22nd February, 2012
Autumn statement reaction: Confirmation of enterprise zones is welcome news
Good news for Lancashire in the chancellor’s autumn statement is the confirmation of an enterprise zone for Lancashire. Although not mentioned by name in the autumn statement, these are expected to be both the Warton and Samlesbury sites. The zones will give tax breaks through capital expenditure and other incentives to encourage businesses to locate in [...]
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David Bennett
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Moore and Smalley comment
On November 29 2011
Why is VAT payable on chocolate covered biscuits but not on chocolate covered cake?
When VAT was introduced, certain goods and services were considered so essential that it was decided they should be subject to less tax, or none at all. This was done in two ways: zero rating and exemption. In the eyes of UK law, biscuits and cakes are necessities and are zero rated. However, chocolate-covered biscuits [...]
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Stephen Adams
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Moore and Smalley comment
On June 9 2011
Coalition Government: One Year On
Stewart Case, corporate services director at Moore and Smalley, gives his verdict on how the Coalition Government’s first year in charge has been for business. It’s been a bittersweet year for the business community in terms of what the Coalition Government has delivered, or committed to deliver. At a time when the priority is balancing [...]
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Stewart Case
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Moore and Smalley comment
On May 11 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
Budget 2011: What I want to see
Ahead of Budget Day on 23 March 2011 Graham Gordon, partner and head of financial planning at Moore and Smalley shares his thoughts on what he would like to see announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne. “The proposals and imminent changes to pensions, go a long way to righting the wrongs of the previous government’s ‘pension simplification’. [...]
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Graham Gordon
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Moore and Smalley comment, The Budget
On March 17 2011
Budget 2011: What I want to see
Ahead of Budget Day on 23 March 2011 Rachel Marsdin, Director of Taxation at Moore and Smalley shares her thoughts on what she would like to see announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne. “I would like to see help for businesses to reduce the impact of the rising world oil prices. “Manufacturing is likely to be hit [...]
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Rachel Marsdin
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Moore and Smalley comment, The Budget
On March 16 2011
Radical healthcare reforms will put pressure on GPs’ financial management skills
The government’s sweeping changes to the health service will place even greater emphasis on GPs’ financial management abilities. Under new proposals some £80bn of NHS funding will be given to GPs to buy care for patients in their area, which ministers insist will cut management costs by almost half. Primary care trusts and strategic health [...]
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Nick Stevenson
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Healthcare businesses, Moore and Smalley comment
On August 5 2010
Lancashire Business Survey can help lay foundations for the future
As Lancashire emerges from the recession into an ever-changing commercial landscape, it has never been more crucial for businesses to make their voices heard in the decision-making process. They can do this by taking part in the Lancashire Business Survey, an annual benchmarking project that evaluates the most critical issues facing the county’s businesses. In [...]
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Danny Houghton
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Advice for Businesses, Moore and Smalley comment
On June 29 2010
