Bishop Fleming Chartered Accountants Website Feed Bishop Fleming RSS Feed <![CDATA[Blog post - Important dates for your diary – Teachers‘ Pension end of year requirements]]> Teachers’ Pension have just issued the timeline of deadlines for year ended 31 March 2012:

Return Annual Return of Service and Salaries Contact Form         ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:09:42 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Workplace Pensions Reform - Auto Enrolment]]> From 1 October 2012 to September 2016, depending on business size, employers will have to auto enrol all eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme and contribute to their plan. The majority of businesses will face some degree of financial impact and therefore the sooner you make plans and budget for the changes, the less severe the impact will be.

The auto enrolment scheme will be ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:18:30 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Funding & Business Support Event Summary & Podcast]]> The Funding & Business Support Briefing hosted by Bishop Fleming at Kingsley Village on the 18th January has been extremely well received by both exhibitors are delegates. The audience heard a range of presentations on grants, loans, asset-backed lending, equity finance and general finance raising – the idea being to highlight alternative and complimentary sources of finance to conventional lending.

In addition, 30 exhibitors were there ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:28:26 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - To be or not to be… resident?]]> The Government has published a consultation document on its plans for a statutory residence test (SRT). The aim is to enable taxpayers to assess their residence status in a straightforward way. Furthermore, it will enable those who come to the UK on business, as employees or investors, to have a clear view of their tax treatment.

Tax residence has an important bearing on an individual’s UK ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:19:44 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - From little seeds, will mighty enterprise grow?]]> The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement introduced a new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). The SEIS focuses on smaller, early stage companies carrying on or preparing to carry on, a new qualifying trade. The scheme offers considerable tax benefits for an investor:

  • Income tax relief at the fixed rate of 50% on an SEIS investment up to £100,000 in the year, will apply to ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:17:32 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Wow, what a year 2011 was for the Healthcare Sector!]]> I think we all started the year in the hope that the sector was showing signs of resilience in the face of the global economic turmoil. Unfortunately this proved not to be the case.

    We saw a rush of Dental clients completing their CQC  registrations, the Health & Social Care Bill under pressure and Southern Cross collapse resulting in increased scrutiny of the Elderly Care sector.

    Local authority ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:08:58 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - The countdown to online VAT returns]]> From 1 April 2012, all VAT registered businesses will have to file their VAT returns online and pay any VAT due electronically. The only exception is for certain businesses which are subject to an insolvency procedure. 

    Since 1 April 2010, online filing has been compulsory for most businesses, with the exception of those which were registered before 1 April 2010 and have a turnover below £100k.

    These ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:31:44 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Grant Update - Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme]]> Defra has launched a new Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS) to help farming, forestry and horticultural businesses in England to become more efficient at using resources. The scheme aims to make businesses more profitable, whilst reducing the impact of farming on the environment. It forms part of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), which contains a strong package of measures designed to stimulate ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:16:23 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Grant Update - Renewable Heat Incentive]]> The Government is aiming for 12% of the UK's heat demand to come from renewable sources by 2020, a major increase from the current level of just 1.5%. The £860m Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a new Government initiative similar to the renewable electricity Feed-in Tariffs, and is designed to revolutionise the way in which heat is generated and used. Under the scheme, applicants can ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:14:53 GMT <![CDATA[Blog post - Grant Update - Business Angel Co Investment Fund]]> The £50m Business Angel Co Investment Fund has been created with a grant from the Regional Growth Fund. Designed and established by a consortium of private and public bodies, its objectives are to boost the quality and quantity of business angel investment in England, and support long-term job growth.

    The fund is able to make initial equity investments of between £100k to £1.0m into SMEs alongside ]]>... <br><br><b>Click on the post title to read the full article.</b> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:13:15 GMT