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Saving is about to get easier

12th January, 2017

January is a difficult month, and saving is the furthest thing from your mind as you pay off the inflated credit card bills and eek out December’s pay packet.

Saving, however, is about to get easier for some as the government move away from offering tax breaks on pension sav…
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Phillip Hammond’s first mini-budget explained

19th December, 2016

The dust has settled and the details of Philip Hammond’s first mini-budget are now much clearer – but unfortunately that does not make life any simpler for you.

Despite promises to close down loopholes, make our financial system fairer and easier to understand, the Governm…
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Growing your business

29th November, 2016

The time has come for a further push to grow your business. The question is how do you best do that? There are many options but let’s look at two possible general solutions.

Firstly, you could grow it from within by reaching out to new customers, developing new products and …
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Autumn Statement 2016 – How will Brexit affect the nations finances?

10th November, 2016

We need clarity and certainty says Keith Senior as he looks ahead to Philip Hammond’s first autumn statement. 2016 has been a monumental year for global politics and that has left some feeling unsure about how best to plan for their long-term financial security.

On November …
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Jacobs Allen new accreditation from the Civil Aviation Authority

1st September, 2016

Jacobs Allen has was won accreditation from the Civil Aviation Authority, allowing them to report on the returns submitted to the CAA by ATOL-registered travel agents.

As part of our ongoing commitment as chartered accountants to offer our customers a professional and complete…
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Digital technology divide growing between businesses

30th June, 2016

A growing divide is opening up between businesses that use digital technology and those that do not, according to research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

94% of businesses agreed that digital technologies were key to increasing productivity but only 30% see th…
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Tracing a lost pension

23rd June, 2016

In a bid to help people trace their lost pension pots, the Pension Tracing Service has launched a new website.

There is currently around £400 million in unclaimed pension savings, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.

People can enter their former employers’…
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Live Q&A: How will the EU Referendum Result affect your finances? Expert Keith Senior is here to answer your questions.

21st June, 2016

Britain will wake on Friday morning to the result of the EU Referendum – but when the campaigning is over, we must look to the future and how the EU referendum result will impact, not only the UK as a whole, but our own personal finances.

Our Director Keith Senior will be her…
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Buy-to-let activity eases

16th June, 2016

House price growth was 9.2% in April 2016 compared to 10.1% the previous month, according to Halifax.

The slowdown in growth follows a surge in buy-to-let activity before the introduction of new stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates on 1 April 2016.

50% of properties sold in th…
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Keeping people with significant control registers

10th June, 2016

It is now a legal requirement for companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) to keep a people with significant control (PSC) register from 6 April 2016.

A PSC register lists individuals with ‘significant control’ over a company.

All information on the PSC regis…
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Maddy R

I chose to come to Jacobs Allen for advice as I felt you as Chartered Accountants were clearly knowledgeable yet very approachable, friendly and welcoming. To have all of my queries dealt with so professionally in a relaxed manner allayed any concerns I had about my tax affairs, past present and future. Your advice giving me a clear plan of the actions I have to take and your offer of assistance to put it into practice helped enormously in focussing my attention on building my business.

John H