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Beware HMRC income tax and tax credits repayment phone call scams

Fraudsters continue to target agriculture businesses with scam HMRC phone calls regarding repayments of income tax and tax credits and fake advertisements for farming machinery.

Making Tax Digital – an update

We have covered Making tax Digital (MTD) in previous editions of Agrimatters, but with major changes less than a year away we make no apology for returning to it again.

HMRC has announced that they are concentrating their resources on changes which will arise from Brexit. As a result, other policy changes including parts of MTD reforms will be put on hold until at least 2020. Crucially, the changes to the way VAT returns are submitted will go ahead as planned.

Dreaming BIG at All Saints Primary

Richard Askew from Armstrong Watson and Sarah Glass from the Primary Business Partnership played hosts at the 'Dreaming Big' event at All Saints Primary School bringing careers and job titles to life. This school’s Careers and Aspirations day and it was a roaring success, helping light ambition in young minds while also underlining the hard work needed to achieve success in any field.

7 Funding Options Your Law Firm Could Consider

As first appeared on the Law Society’s Small Firms Division website. 

An important consideration for all businesses in planning their growth, and managing cash flow in the process, is what, if any, suitable funding can assist them.

What sources of funding are available for law firms, and how readily available are they? Stephen Dinsmore, commercial funding director at Armstrong Watson LLP, lists seven options your firm could consider.

Benefits of outsourcing your Finance Function in your Law Firm

What are the benefits of engaging with an external party to provide the equivalent of a finance director function for your law firm?

Are inheritance changes on the way

Will possible changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) affect farmers and landowners?

Administrators Appointed over Escubed Limited

On Tuesday 19 June 2018, Escubed Limited was placed into Administration and Rob Adamson and Mark Ranson, Insolvency Practitioners at Armstrong Watson LLP, were appointed as Joint Administrators.

The Company provided research and development services in material and powder technology across a wide range of sectors from premises in Wetherby, North Yorkshire. The Company ceased trading prior to the appointment and regrettably all employees were made redundant.

Lead Administrator, Rob Adamson of Armstrong Watson LLP said:

Business Owners and Leaders Forum - Keeping Your Business Relevant: Innovation and Change

Our second in the series of breakfast events took place at Carlisle Racecourse on 14th June with speakers David Brass, Chief Executive of The Lakes Free Range Eggs Company, Professor Malcolm Franklin, Managing Director of AGMA Ltd and Frank Peck, Research Director for Centre for Regional Economic Development and University of Cumbria.

Armstrong Watson's Payroll Professionals included in the exclusive 'The Reward 300' index

Armstrong Watson's very own Karen Thomson, Director of Group Payroll Services, and Suzanne Gallagher, Head of Payroll Operations, have both been included in the exclusive 'The Reward 300' index of the Pauroll profession's most influential leaders, Hear how to felt about this amazing accolade.