Onboarding new team members can be difficult and time consuming at the best of times. Now businesses are learning how to onboard remote employees during lockdown and social distancing. The key to successfully integrating new team members who are working...
We’re pretty proud of our local area. Being big believers in technology as the driving force for efficiency in business, we’re happy to be in the middle of one of Europe’s biggest technology hubs. Though the area is famous for its rich history, most notably in...
In today’s “always-on” society, business owners and managers are under more pressure than ever. Stress related workplace burnout is now recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an official medical diagnosis. Here are some tips to help to avoid burnout....
No matter how our digital world advances, word of mouth is one of the best – and cheapest – marketing tools out there for any small business. Customers are four times more likely to buy from you if they’ve been referred by a friend. Especially with so many...
We recently looked at tax planning to minimise or eliminate the high-income child benefit to keep both husband and wife (or civil partners) looking after a child below the £50,000 threshold. Where the income of one of the individuals exceeds £60,000 such that the...
Last year HMRC carried out a review of rent a room relief and it was proposed that the availability of this generous relief would be restricted to situations where the taxpayer was resident for at least part of the time when the “lodger” was paying rent. The scheme...