Mar 26, 2020 | Business Regulation
Around 4.3 million businesses in the UK can apply to Companies House for a three-month extension to file their accounts. The joint initiative between the Government and Companies House aims to give firms time to focus on negating the economic impacts of COVID-19....Jan 30, 2020 | Business Regulation
Ahead of the UK's exit from the EU on 31 January 2020, HMRC has issued letters to inform VAT-registered businesses about how they can prepare for future trade arrangements. The letters explain which actions businesses must take if they will be trading with the EU...Oct 28, 2019 | Business Regulation
An increasing number of employers are unaware of their workplace pensions responsibilities, according to a poll by the Pensions Regulator. Employers that have already staged have five ongoing duties when it comes to complying with auto-enrolment. These include keeping...Oct 9, 2019 | Business Regulation
Small and medium-sized companies that enter insolvency in 2020/21 should not be affected by a new measure, according to the Treasury. From 6 April 2020, payments to HMRC will be prioritised when a company enters insolvency and go towards the public purse before being...Sep 6, 2019 | Business Regulation
Large companies that pay late will now be excluded from winning Government contracts, following new prompt payment rules that came into force on 1 September 2019. The policy, which was first announced in November 2018, applies to contracts worth more than £5 million a...