Stockport Chartered Accoutants and Business Advisors have reported improved client satisfaction scores in their Q3 client survey. Feedback covering November through to end of January have revealed a 'happiness' score of 97%. This is reflected in the number of referalls that their clients make for … [Read more...]
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CHEADLE COMPANY TOPS GREATER MANCHESTER GROWTH LIST
Cheadle company The Mansion Group has been named by Insider magazine as the fastest growing company in Greater Manchester over the last five years, and the second fastest in the North West. To be considered for the list, a company has to have had positive growth over five years, and … [Read more...]
VAT OUTSTANDING RETURNS CAMPAIGN
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have recently announced they are to target some 50,000 businesses that have failed to submit VAT returns and have warned that if the VAT returns are still outstanding after 28 February 2013 their tax affairs "will receive closer attention from HMRC." The … [Read more...]
FSA FINDINGS CONFIRM MIS-SELLING TO STOCKPORT BUSINESSES
Stockport businesses are absorbing the outcome of a pilot study by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) which found that over 90 per cent the interest rate hedging products banks encouraged small and medium firms to take out were mis-sold. The FSA said today [Thursday] that in the 173 test … [Read more...]
CHANGES TO PAYE – INTRODUCING RTI FROM APRIL 2013
HMRC is introducing changes to the PAYE process from April 2013. Real Time Information (RTI) is aimed at improving the operation of PAYE (Pay As You Earn). Currently, if you're an employer operating PAYE you submit an end-of-year return to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). In … [Read more...]
HALLIDAYS RELEASE LATEST NEWSWIRE
Hallidays, the Stockport based chartered accountants and business advisors, have released their first newsletter of 2013. Hallidays Newswire looks at topical issues that may affect your business and may have an impact on your business decisions. The latest newswire includes the … [Read more...]
GOOD NEWS AS STOCKPORT JOB SEEKERS NUMBERS FALL
Good news for Stockport as the number of people in Stockport claiming Jobseekers Allowance continued to fall, and much faster than the Greater Manchester, North West and UK averages. The fall was even bigger (7.5%) for 18-14 year olds and we also saw falls in all our priority areas (which … [Read more...]
JANUARY 2013 MARKET VIEW FROM PREST FINANCIAL SERVICES
Stockport based Prest Financial Services have published their latest view on the financial market. Share prices around the world have risen following the agreement over the “fiscal cliff ” in the USA. However, the debt problem has been merely deferred and further confrontations … [Read more...]
STOCKPORT BUSINESSES STILL WAITING ON RELIEF FROM BANK MIS-SELLING
Banks are being put under pressure to speed up compensating a number of businesses in Stockport thought to be struggling as a result of being mis-sold interest rate protection products. The scandal emerged in the summer, when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) revealed “serious … [Read more...]
FORMER STOCKPORT ACCOUNTANT STEPS DOWN FROM FORD CAMPBELL
The founder of former Stockport based Ford Campbelll Accountants, Tony Ford, is leaving the now Manchester based corporate finance company. Tony Ford set up his business with partner Campbell in 1997 on Petersgate, Stockport and has since established sister companies Ford Hastings and Lloyd … [Read more...]
The Royal Bank of Scotland help ICP to new premises
The Royal Bank of Scotland has provided funding to south Manchester web based business, ICP. ICP, based in Poynton, employs 13 staff and turns over £7m a year. Customers include resellers, telecoms companies, data centres, distributors and educational establishments. The Royal Bank of … [Read more...]
Changes to VAT online services
HMRC have announced various changes to their online services including the introduction of the VAT online registration service which was promised earlier this year. They have also taken the opportunity to introduce a new online variations service which should allow businesses to: make … [Read more...]