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Sarah Noake Mar 2024

All change! Non-domiciled tax rules- a budget update

As foreseen before Wednesday’s budget, the Chancellor announced sweeping changes to the way non-UK domiciliaries are to be taxed from 6 April 2025.

Richard Clapham Mar 2024

HMRC fees are increasing – here’s what you need to know

From 1 May 2024 HMRC will be increasing company information and registration fees. This follows the recently implemented Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA), which aims to improve the quality of data on HMRC’s registers.

Richard Clapham Mar 2024

Highlights from the Budget speech

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has given his latest Budget and outline of spending. It is expected to be the last Budget speech before the next general election this year.

Jenna Hopkins Feb 2024

Don’t leave a “Purple Haze” around your will

We might have more in common with the rockstar electric guitar legend Jimi Hendrix than we might think. I am not talking about growing an impressive head of hair or going for a reverberating solo – unless you’re lucky enough to have both of those abilities – rather Jimi Hendrix was one of millions who died without a will.

Heather Love Feb 2024

Menopause and the law: employers need to start making changes – or face more women leaving the workforce

Workplaces must now be seen to be making “reasonable adjustments” for women experiencing menopausal symptoms or face the possibility of being sued, under new guidance released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

Elizabeth Barrett Feb 2024

When can you turn down a job offer in a redundancy situation?

When there are proposed redundancies, your employer should commence individual consultation meetings with those affected. During the consultation process, they should consider suggestions on ways to avoid the redundancies, and look for suitable alternative employment options.

Mehboob Dharamsi Feb 2024

How can I start "that" conversation?

My parents aren't getting any younger, yet they refuse to talk about their plans for later life. How can I get them to open up?

When my grandparents died, I was about 15 at the time, but I remember it being chaotic. My parents had an awful time accessing documents, calling round the family and dividing up the assets. It caused them to have a burst of "we won't be like this when we die" and as a teenager I ignored them and probably went back to playing my Gameboy.

Liz Dalgetty Feb 2024

The Bank of Mum and Dad is so easy to contact – even by fraudsters

It seems banks can’t win. They are either too cautious or they are simply not doing enough – but we were actually quite pleased to hear how one banking institution stepped in just in time to protect one man’s money from fraudsters.

Richard Taylor Feb 2024

Are changes on the horizon for the housing market in 2024?

After a stagnant couple of years due to rising inflation, cost of living and political unrest, the property market could finally be on the mend – or so it seems.

Rightmove released a report that highlighted an upward trend for the property market.

The number of new properties going up for sale is 15% higher than a year ago, with growth strongest in London and the North East of England, and the number of enquiries to estate agents were up 5% year-on-year in the first week of January.

Liz Dalgetty Jan 2024

Q&A: I am worried about my dad’s new partner. What can I do?

My 70-year-old father is widowed and met a new woman while on a cruise in 2017. Following a whirlwind romance, my dad sold our family home and bought a new one closer to where this woman lived over 100 miles away.

Not only is he now further away from us physically, I am worried dad’s new partner is trying to drive a wedge between us mentally too. Once I was on the phone to my dad and in the background, I heard her say he didn’t love me, to which he replied “of course I do, she is my daughter”.