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Salad days
‘How hungry are you’ was Ian’s question as we stepped outside our office onto Dyer Street. What a question! There is still a difference between hunger and what I think I should eat at the moment, so I replied ‘oh not very, anything with lettuce leaves will be perfect’...
Making Tax Digital for VAT – The countdown begins
As you may already know, Making Tax Digital has hit a number of welcome set backs over the last 12 months. That said, HMRC are pressing forward with their system development with a full-scale pilot taking place during 2018 for income tax for unincorporated businesses....
Changes could be on the horizon for Inheritance Tax
In the run up to the November budget it was widely speculated that changes would be made to inheritance tax. Whilst it has had some tinkering around the edges, for example the introduction of the residential nil rate band, which gives an additional allowance where you...
Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoins
I think by now most people will have heard either of these terms, but not always in a positive way. A Bitcoin is probably the most recognisable of cryptocurrencies, but what are they? For starters, they are not something physical that you can put in your own wallet...
How to Spot a Scam
As an adviser I frequently read in our trade press articles about the next group of innocent people being scammed out of their hard-earned savings. But recently these cases have hit the mainstream press. The BBC website carried an article in January about a group of...
Dog friendly dining
Fed up with looking at lettuce leaves I was coaxed into choosing a ‘push the boat out’ lunch on my most recent trip to Cirencester. Ian and I headed to Toro Lounge on this bright but cold lunchtime and I was pleasantly surprised to discover even more shops and...
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