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Updates from the Clayton & Brewill team.
Jeremy Wilson-Mawer – Clayton & Brewill
Jeremy Wilson-Mawer, a well-known and much-respected partner at Clayton & Brewill, is retiring from the partnership to take up a consultancy role with the firm. Jeremy joined Clayton & Brewill in 1974, and qualified as a chartered accountant before joining the partnership in 1981. During his career he has played a key role in building… View Article
Act now to get £2k of Growth Vouchers to grow your business
Today – 31 March – is the last day to apply for match funding via the Growth Vouchers scheme. Nottingham and Long Eaton accountancy firm Clayton & Brewill is an accredited Growth Vouchers provider, able to give SMEs and start-up businesses access to high quality financial advice to help them grow. Launched in January 2014, Growth… View Article
RPA ditches online Basic Payment Scheme after 'technical difficulties'
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has ditched plans to require farmers in England to make Basic Payment Scheme claims online. Clayton & Brewill’s farm accountancy specialist Doug Perry explains. A number of our farming and landowner clients have had problems with the online Basic Payment Scheme, particularly the mapping element, and it was increasingly clear that… View Article
Year-end tax planning
With the end of the tax year fast approaching, Clayton & Brewill’s Neil South reminds business owners to plan their year-end in the most tax-efficient manner. Whether it’s been a good, bad or middling year for your business, with some forward thinking and a bit of planning, there is much you can do to maximise your tax… View Article
Budget 2015
Chancellor George Osborne delivered his final Budget of the current Parliament on Wednesday 18 March. Clayton & Brewill’s Doug Perry summarises the key points. Among the headline measures for individuals was the announcement of plans to scrap annual tax returns, replacing them with 'digital tax accounts'. The income tax personal allowance will also see additional increases,… View Article
Auto-enrolment: nominate a contact letter
If you’ve received a letter from The Pension Regulator (TPR) asking you to nominate a contact for auto-enrolment, then you are not alone. TPR is sending out over one million of these letters to small and micro businesses over the next three months. Clayton & Brewill’s pension auto-enrolment experts explain what you need to do. Between… View Article
HMRC closes plant & machinery leaseback loophole
On Thursday 26 February the Government introduced new rules to close off certain capital allowance entitlements for plant and machinery. Clayton & Brewill's Doug Perry explains. Prior to 26 February 2015, businesses could sell or transfer plant and machinery assets and then lease them back, giving a capital allowance entitlement on the market value of… View Article