
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan & Bounce Back Loan Schemes
Previous articles have covered the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme and the Job Retention Scheme in great detail (you can find the articles for those schemes here and here), but we haven’t covered the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme or the Bounce Back...

How The 2021 Budget Announcement Affects You
As you will undoubtedly know, this week saw the announcement of the 2021 Spring Budget. Whilst the measures introduced were not quite as drastic as we were all expecting, there was still a lot to unpack in the Chancellor’s announcement, especially with regards to...

The Budget 2021: Help To Grow Scheme
By now you’ve surely been inundated with news about today’s budget announcement. Indeed, the extension to the furlough scheme and the pledge to increase support for the self-employed will have been welcomed news to many of you. Keep an eye on our social media for...

A Look Ahead To March’s Budget
It’s that time of the year again; Rishi Sunak will be announcing the financial statement for the tax year to the House of Commons on Wednesday 3rd March. This will be the first budget announcement for almost an entire year as the government felt it was unseemly to...

Logistics: Supply Chain Trends For 2021 You Should Know About
2021 will be a very interesting year for companies and their supply chains as the unprecedented disruption that we saw in 2020 resulted in huge amounts of innovation in logistical technology. On top of this, suppliers will face new challenges such as Brexit and the...

The Digital Tax On Ecommerce Debate
Readers of this blog who follow our twitter will be aware that some retailers, most notably Tesco, have been calling for a digital tax to be placed on online retailers. The government had considered implementing such a tax last year, but eventually decided against it....

Logistics In 2020: Investment In Europe Explodes
This blog has noted many times how the pandemic caused an explosion of ecommerce in 2020. People being forced to stay inside and the closure of brick-and-mortar stores left consumers with little choice but to turn to alternative forms of acquiring goods. More times...

2021: The Year Of The Ox… And Ecommerce
One of the main themes of coronavirus from a business viewpoint has been the massive boost to ecommerce. As lockdowns have forced many people to shop online rather than visit stores and the lack of opportunities to go out has meant the majority have had a little extra...

Making Tax Digital: How To Be VAT Compliant
You might be surprised to find out that the UK government loses an estimated £9 billion in tax every year. This clearly indicates the flaws in the current tax collection system and is concerning; not least of all because of how much the UK government have had to...

Brexit Review: Customs, Fish and Delays
It has been just over a month since the end of the Brexit transitional period so it seems a good time to ask how the implementation of one of the most complicated and controversial trade deals of all time has gone so far. Depending on who you ask, you are likely to...