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Side hustlers urged to register for Self Assessment

HMRC is encouraging anyone with income outside of their regular employment to check if they need to complete a Self Assessment tax return for the 2024 to 2025 tax year. Anyone with additional income streams – such as from online selling, content creation, dog walking or property rental – is being … [Read more...]

HMRC names 74 North West employers for minimum wage breaches

HMRC has named 74 businesses in the North West for paying workers less than the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. The latest list published by the government includes 518 businesses in the UK which hadn’t correctly paid minimum wage. Some high-profile businesses are named, … [Read more...]

New Small Business Commissioner appointed to tackle late payments

Emma Jones CBE, founder of Enterprise Nation, has been announced as the new Small Business Commissioner, and will take a leading role in tackling late payments and unfair payment practices that face many SMEs. Jones will take over from outgoing commissioner, Liz Barclay on 23rd June. Liz Barclay … [Read more...]

Manchester named top city for FDI outside London

Manchester has overtaken Birmingham to once again become the UK's most successful city outside the capital in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Manchester has been the UK's leading city in securing FDI projects for three of the past five years, attracted 44 inward investment projects in … [Read more...]

TfGM launches Transport Professional Services Framework 2025

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has appointed a range of specialists to its Transport Professional Services (TPS) Framework to help deliver the next phase of the Bee Network. With the delivery of social value and the engagement of the SME market at its core, the four-year … [Read more...]

Gorvins advises Dunsters Farm on acquisition of Ralph Livesey

Gorvins Solicitors has advised third-generation family business, Dunsters Farm, on its acquisition of Lancashire food distribution company, Ralph Livesey. The deal marks a significant milestone for Bury-based Dunsters Farm as it continues strengthening its service offering to schools, care homes, … [Read more...]

Boost in profits for Stockport headquartered pet care retailer

Stockport-headquartered pet care retailer, Pets at Home, has revealed a strong boost to its profit before tax in its preliminary end of year results to 27th March 2025. The business has reported continued growth in FY2025 in its Vets Group arm, up 13% on the previous year, with retail revenue … [Read more...]

UK Inflation rises to 3.5% in April, surpassing forecasts

The latest Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures released this morning, 21st May, by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show UK inflation rose to 3.5% in April – its highest level since February 2024. While a poll of City economists had forecast a rise to 3.3%, and analysts at the Bank of … [Read more...]