Blog26th Jun 2024 The Implications of the Worker Protection Act 2024 for UK HR Professionals In the ever-evolving world of employment law, the case of Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods owner, making headlines with allegations of sexual harassment, serves as a stark reminder of the potential risks businesses face if they do not actively… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Autumn Budget 2024 From a people perspective, the 2024 budget has clearly defined a shift in direction, along with reconfirming a strong ambition to ‘Make Work Pay’. From the offset this sets the scene for a transformative approach to employment and the costs… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Fear of Being Offline: How Your Business Can Address It Today, we live and work in a hyperconnected world where technology is at the forefront of everything we do. Technological advancements have entered into workplaces at pace, revolutionising how organisations and employees operate on a day-to-day basis. The impact of… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Employee Share Scheme Options for Property Firms Share Incentives and Property Businesses In our experience assisting property and construction businesses, one recurrent and challenging question is how to retain top talent through equity incentives. While various tax-efficient share schemes exist, such as the Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI),… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 6 Practical Ways To Reduce Workplace Anxiety Workplace anxiety is becoming more common every day. It’s safe to say it happens to everyone. However, when your team find themselves constantly stressed that can become overwhelming and a barrier to them living their lives the way they want.… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Rethinking Performance Management: 8 Things To Consider We are frequently in conversation with our clients about how to improve their performance management approach so that it’s not a box-ticking exercise or a rigid, annual process of evaluations. This is one of the questions we explored during our… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 5 Ways To Achieve Effective Performance Management For years performance management has had a bad name. When people think of performance management they might think of the dreaded once-a-year (twice for those really lucky people) appraisal, where managers and employees met to discuss performance targets that were… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Voluntary and compulsory strike-off – a comparison Striking off a limited company refers to the process of removing the company from the register at Companies House. Following the strike-off, the company ceases to exist. However, some measures can be taken to restore a company to the register… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 USALI in Hotel Accounting: What is new in Edition 12? Last week marked the publication of the 12th edition of the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry (USALI). In this blog, we’ll look at what changes were made, and how they could affect you and your hotel business.… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Italy – One Of The Most Attractive Tax Destinations For The Wealthy Suddenly Got More Expensive La dolce vita translates to ‘the sweet life’, and it’s far more than just a phrase in Italy, it really does represent an entire lifestyle associated with their culture and way of life. Italians have a particular appreciation of celebrating… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Indian and Pakistani Domiciled Individuals – Are IHT Changes Coming? Is it time for Indian and Pakistani domiciled individuals to breathe a sigh of relief? The taxation of non-domiciled individuals has been a hot topic over the last few years, and has been at the forefront of many people’s minds… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Everything We Know From Labour About The 2025/26 Non-Dom Changes This week we have received the first significant update from the new government on how the regime for non-UK domiciled and internationally mobile individuals may look under their stewardship. It’s helpful then, to revisit the initial proposed non-dom changes from… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 HMRC Nudge Letter Campaign Targets Persons with Significant Control As part of the latest HM Revenue & Customs (‘HMRC’) nudge letter campaign, HMRC have once again cross-referenced Companies House records to Self-Assessment Tax Returns and are writing to anyone they believe to be a Person with Significant Control (‘PSCs’) asking them… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Inheritance Tax- (IHT) Will Labour Make Changes? Following Labour’s win at the 2024 General Election, there has been speculation that changes may be made to the current Inheritance Tax (IHT) regime in order to generate more tax revenue. Labour’s plans for Inheritance Tax have not been confirmed,… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Will You Be Caught By HMRC Trying To Bridge A £40 Billion Tax Gap? Whether it’s a knock on the door, a phone call or a letter with the tell-tale HMRC logo, there’s little that will strike more fear into the heart of any individual or business owner than an unexpected enquiry from HM… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Your Guide to Norwegian Tax Assessment Notices Following submission of a 2023 Norwegian tax return for individuals under the general taxation scheme once processed by Skatteetaten (the Norwegian tax office), a Tax Assessment Notice (TAN) will be issued showing the final position for the year. The Norwegian… By Caroline Murphy View more