And if so, have you asked the right question? A significant amount of press coverage in recent times has concentrated on the dearth of funding opportunities available to Owner Managed Businesses, and bloggers (including me!) have added to this, laying in to banks...
IRISS, the manufacturer of polymer infrared windows and associated electrical maintenance safety devices, is pleased confirm that Anthony Ballard has now been appointed Operations Director, working at the Chelmsford office. He joined the company in Autumn last year as...
Farleigh Hospice has been delivering care and support to patients, their family and friends for 30 years to the people of Mid Essex. The demands for our services grows every year and we continue to look for ways of expanding these to meet these needs. We are...
Throughout my tax career, it has often been said that there is an ‘optimum’ rate of income tax. Any rate over that optimum rate and the Treasury loses out because taxpayers seek out more ways to mitigate that higher rate of tax as much as possible. I have...
In owner-managed businesses, for perfectly legitimate tax planning reasons, some of the remuneration paid to directors / managers who also own shares in the company are given to them in the form of dividends rather than as salary. Although this is sensible from a tax...
