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October 30, 2014

The day I became a Social Media guru


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Well, I did have an interesting day last week. We all know about the power of social media, but I suspect may of us don’t know how to harness it.  HRH

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October 22, 2014

A blog of many thoughts


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I remember back in the day that my school assemblies always had a ‘thought for the day’. This blog will go one better and provide at least two which I hope

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September 23, 2014

Flexible Working Changes – What does this mean for small businesses?


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Significant changes have been made to the right to flexible working from 30 June 2014. These have received much media coverage. However, what has changed and how does it affect

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September 15, 2014

The cost of independence


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Whatever your personal views may be on the upcoming referendum to decide the fate of Scotland, there’s no denying the economic impact it is having on the UK economy at

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August 26, 2014

HM Revenue & Customs… will they ever improve?


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Being a tax manager at Barnes Roffe LLP, there are very few days that go by where I don’t need to pick up the phone and call HM Revenue &

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August 19, 2014

Tax – Older than Money


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Tax has been with us for a very long time – certainly for far longer than currency (the first coins were probably minted around 600BC). I thought it might be

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July 7, 2014

Le Tour de Leytonstone?


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I am delighted to see the Tour de France whizzing through London today. A true spectacle. I’m still not sure how this counts as a “Tour de France”, but I

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June 9, 2014

Who will be the winners of the 2014 World Cup?


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With the World Cup starting this week, no doubt there will be much joy and (probably more) disappointment in the four week tournament building up to the final on 13

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April 24, 2014

If it sounds too good to be true… then look before you leap!


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The announcement of the Government’s plans in last month’s Budget to give savers more freedom over how they use their pension funds to finance their retirement years, has certainly attracted

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April 24, 2014

If it sounds too good to be true… then look before you leap!


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The announcement of the Government’s plans in last month’s Budget to give savers more freedom over how they use their pension funds to finance their retirement years, has certainly attracted

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April 7, 2014

Ticking tasks off the to-do list


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Everything should fall into its own pockets….at least that’s how work should be. Believe it or not, we actually have a blog rota to make sure that our valued clients

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April 1, 2014

Stealth Tax – did you see it?


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The trick of ‘stealth’ planes is that they don’t get picked up on radar – before you know it bombs are falling and you’ve had no chance to prepare for

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