Feb 12 2018 Construction companies could be missing out on thousands of £s of tax relief Categories: Property & ConstructionTaxation Research & Development (R&D) tax credits are available to limited companies subject to UK corporation tax, yet take up of the relief is lacking amongst SME’s, particularly within the construction sector. Construction companies often do not consider these claims applicable to them. However, due to the continuous innovation and bespoke solutions provided by the construction more
Feb 9 2018 Have you considered using Cloud Accounting software? Categories: EQ AccountingMaking Tax Digital The 31st of January is a stressful time for accountants and for some businesses. If you left the preparation of your accounts and tax returns to the last minute then you may have found that you had an unexpected tax bill and little time to find the cash to pay it. The impact on your more
Feb 2 2018 Good news as funding deals are secured by local creative groups Categories: Technology Two local groups are delighted to be sharing in the £99million fund provided by Creative Scotland. Organisers of the NEoN festival and Creative Dundee have both been added to Creative Scotland’s list of organisations that guarantees them funding for the next three years. Gillian Easson, co-founding director of Creative Dundee said “We are really thrilled more
Feb 1 2018 Funding for Growth using Non-Bank Funding Categories: Property & Construction Typically, if the bank manager said “no”, there were very few alternative funding providers. Where-as today, there is an overabundance of potential funding sources. Peer-to-Peer (“P2P”) or Crowd funding SME secured lending is readily available for Scottish SMEs providing a real alternative to borrowing from the high street banks. Loans range from £100,000 to £5m, more
Feb 1 2018 10 out of 10 for Accountancy Trainees Categories: People We would like to congratulate our clever group of Accountancy trainees, who are celebrating after passing various different stages of their professional examinations. The group who succeeded in their Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) exams are Sam Ellis, Lauren Malloch, Katherine Thomson and Kelly McHardy. Lauren, Katherine and Kelly all work in the Dundee office, with more
Jan 30 2018 Have you paid your tax? Categories: Taxation 31 January 2018 is the deadline for payment of balancing tax liabilities for 2016/17 together with first payments on account (POA) towards 2017/18 tax liabilities. This is the same as the deadline for filing 2016/17 self-assessment tax returns online with HMRC. HMRC automatically charge a penalty of £100 for any late returns, with additional penalties more
Jan 23 2018 From Self Employed to Business Owners Categories: Corporate FinanceHealthcare For many self-employed dentists, buying their own dental practice is a dream, the ultimate career goal. However, it is also a journey riddled with pitfalls, risk and uncertainty. For dentists and University of Dundee graduates Jane Clyne and Eleanor Ferguson, the onset of a new year marks the start of their second full year owning more
Jan 16 2018 Growth expected in UK games sector Categories: Technology Recent research by TIGA has found that the majority of development studios intend to increase staff numbers in 2018, and that the business environment is favourable for games development in the UK. However, there is also an air of caution for the future. An inability to secure affordable funding continues to be a barrier to more