2021

Billions of pounds in taxpayer funds may have been wasted if a solutions-based support scheme is not put in place for limited company bosses, a tax policy proposal being examined this week by the government has warned. Up to 7.5 million…

Welcome back to the Freelancers' Couch. This week we tackle a question from a globe-trotting freelancer on doing business in the EU in a post-Brexit marketplace. Q: One of the reasons I became a contractor was to have the flexibility to…

Brothers Carlos Enrique De La Cruz Vidal (51), from South East London, and Fernando De La Cruz Vidal (52), from Granada in Spain, are now banned from acting as directors or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission…

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the supervisor of European Union (EU) credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TRs), has withdrawn the registrations of the following UK-based credit rating agencies…

The ONS’ main data on wealth misses almost £800 billion of assets held by the wealthiest 1 per cent of UK households and correcting for this oversight means UK wealth inequality is higher than previously thought, according to new…

The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has expressed that the self-employed should be expected to pay higher taxes. In an effort to 'equalise' tax contributions and taxpayer support between the salaried, self-employed and…

Many small businesses in the UK will bank with the same outfit for both their personal and business affairs thinking their personal and business deposits are protected under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). But that could…