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Armstrong Watson’s Payroll Team Win at Payroll World Awards

Armstrong Watson’s Payroll and Employee services team is delighted to announce that they won the ‘Best Cross-Functional Partnership’ award at the national Payroll World Awards earlier this month. 

The award was given for the collaboration between the payroll and the IT department for efficiency savings for both Armstrong Watson and their clients in respect of automatic enrolment.  

Toby Woodhead, Business Process Analyst collected the award, along with Sophie Johnson and Payroll Director Karen Thomson.  

Armstrong Watson outgrow Northallerton high street location

Armstrong Watson has outgrown our office premises on Northallerton high street and are set to relocate to larger, newly refurbished open plan offices at Thornfield Business Park.

The move comes following the growth of the team after an increase of support to businesses in the North East and North Yorkshire. The new office space at York House Thornfield Business Park, Standard Way, Northallerton has been refitted to our exacting specification and includes new high tech meeting rooms and a modern welcoming reception area.

Family business – Looking to the future

Armstrong Watson has recently concluded a survey to help us identify the issues and opportunities facing family businesses when they decide to look to the future.  Whatever the size and structure, the main objective remains similar, with a clear focus on providing a desired lifestyle for those close family members. Family businesses are unique and there is not a magic formula to make succession easy or decide on the best exit strategy.

The future of family businesses

Family businesses have long been an important part of the UK economy, and it is undoubted they will provide the foundations for increased growth and innovation in the business marketplace for many years to come. If you talk directly to family business owners, they are frustrated by being labelled as OMB’s and SME’s, so surely now is the time to call them what they really are, owners of successful family businesses.

Making tax digital - a tax revolution?

What is it?

This has been described as the biggest change to business administration since the introduction of VAT in 1973. HMRC has issued consultation documents which will abolish the annual routine of completing a Self Assessment Tax Return. Instead information will be submitted to a Personal Tax Account throughout the year.

State Pension impacts for men and women

In last month’s edition, our article titled: Getting your state pension forecast proved very popular, so we wanted to explore this topical subject further.

For many, the state pension alone will not be enough to fund a comfortable retirement lifestyle, but how much you need is down to each individual. Here we look at the differences in State Pension entitlement for men and women dependent upon age.

Armstrong Watson’s new Forensic Accounting Service will provide bespoke support

Armstrong Watson is delighted to announce a new forensic Accounting division, which will offer the full range of forensic accounting services.

Cumbria no longer ‘keeping it in the family’ - free spaces available to Cumbrian family businesses

As an area known for its outstanding beauty and tourism industry, it’s no surprise that Cumbria is host to a huge range of family businesses many of whom stand on the global stage. The county is set to become a hub for family businesses from across the country as it hosts The Family Business Conference at the Rheged Centre in Penrith on Wednesday 12 October. Family businesses from inside the county are eligible for one free space and are being encouraged to capitalise on the opportunity.

Mitchell Dryers Limited – Update as of 09.00 Friday 30 September 2016

Mitchell Dryers Limited – In Administration (‘The Company’)

Update as of 09.00 Friday 30 September 2016

It is with regret that the Joint Administrators of Mitchell Dryers Limited announce the redundancies of 27 of the 32 staff employed by the Company.

What are warranties?

Thank you to Tim Gower, Solicitor, at berg who has written this article for us on what exactly a warranty is.
 

A recent High Court case has clarified what exactly a warranty is. The facts and context of the case were quite technical, but stripped back, the below explanation of what a warranty is should prove quite useful.