Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for the life sciences sector in 2025?
Budget 2024

Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for the life sciences sector in...

3w Nigel Layton Partner, Head of Pharma & Life Sciences at Forvis Mazars

Sector Spotlight: What does the Budget mean for th...

As we step into 2025, the effects of the Autumn Budget 2024 will start to take shape, leaving businesses in the Pharma and Life Sciences sector grappl...

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UK Government announces permanent business rates cut for highstreet
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UK Government announces permanent business rates cut for highstreet

4w Accountancy Age

UK Government announces permanent business rates c...

To fund this sustainably, the top one percent of high-value properties, such as large warehouses used by online giants will be asked to pay more to su...

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Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that forces GPs to the edge
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Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that forces GPs to the edge

1m Katie Collin, Partner, Ramsey Brown

Reeves' Budget could be a financial squeeze that f...

Before the Budget, Speaker of the Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle criticised the Chancellor for her readiness to chat to the media and openly disclose the c...

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Budget Snapshot: The green agenda that looks beyond the tax breaks
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Budget Snapshot: The green agenda that looks beyond the tax breaks

1m Accountancy Age

Budget Snapshot: The green agenda that looks beyon...

The UK government’s Autumn Budget 2024 has placed a strong emphasis on sustainability, with significant funds directed towards green investment initia...

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Budget Focus: MTD ITSA expands to sold traders and landlords
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Budget Focus: MTD ITSA expands to sold traders and landlords

1m Accountancy Age

Budget Focus: MTD ITSA expands to sold traders and...

In the latest Autumn Budget, the UK government doubled down on its commitment to digitalising tax processes, announcing that Making Tax Digital for In...

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Budget Focus: Do we really need 1800 new HMRC debt collectors?
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Budget Focus: Do we really need 1800 new HMRC debt collectors?

1m Accountancy Age

Budget Focus: Do we really need 1800 new HMRC debt...

The UK Autumn Budget of 2024 has sharpened the focus on reducing the tax gap by amplifying both financial pressure on overdue tax payments and enforce...

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Autumn Budget 2024: Industry reactions
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Autumn Budget 2024: Industry reactions

1m Rachael Kennedy

Autumn Budget 2024: Industry reactions

Following the UK Budget announcement, key figures across finance, tax, and business have responded to the Chancellor’s measures, highlighting potentia...

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Will Labour's Budget clip the wings of R&D tax credits?
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Will Labour's Budget clip the wings of R&D tax credits?

1m Accountancy Age

Will Labour's Budget clip the wings of R&D tax cre...

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves gears up to unveil Labour’s first budget, speculation is rife about the fate of one of the most influential financial ince...

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Over half of accountants call for tax reforms to support small businesses
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Over half of accountants call for tax reforms to support small businesses

2m Accountancy Age

Over half of accountants call for tax reforms to s...

Accountants are calling on the new Labour government to provide more support for UK small businesses by introducing legislative reforms and simplifyin...

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A chartered accountant’s message to government
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A chartered accountant’s message to government

2m Alan Vallance, CEO, ICAEW

A chartered accountant’s message to government

As CEO of chartered accountancy body ICAEW, Alan Vallance shares his message to Rachel Reeves that an urgent review of the UK’s tax system is needed, ...

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Rachel Reeves' Budget is coming: What are accountants seeing in their crystal balls?
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Rachel Reeves' Budget is coming: What are accountants seeing in their cryst...

2m Accountancy Age

Rachel Reeves' Budget is coming: What are accounta...

As the UK awaits Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s Autumn Budget on October 30th, 2024, accounting firms are forecasting sweeping changes to the tax lan...

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IFS calls on Labour for ‘serious reforms’ of capital gains tax
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IFS calls on Labour for ‘serious reforms’ of capital gains tax

2m Accountancy Age

IFS calls on Labour for ‘serious reforms’ of capit...

As Labour prepares for its first Budget under Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the party to pursue sweeping ...

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Reeve's Fiscal Statement: Key takeaways
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Reeve's Fiscal Statement: Key takeaways

4m Accountancy Age

Reeve's Fiscal Statement: Key takeaways

Rachel Reeves, in her first fiscal statement as Chancellor, has painted a challenging picture of the UK’s public finances, revealing significant...

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Rumours of pre-election Finance Bill propose potential tax cuts
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Rumours of pre-election Finance Bill propose potential tax cuts

7m Rachael King

Rumours of pre-election Finance Bill propose poten...

As the UK gears up for a general election on July 4th, speculation is mounting about a possible finance bill that could be introduced in the final day...

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Overdue: it’s time to make tax advice accountable
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Overdue: it’s time to make tax advice accountable

8m Adam Harper, Director of Professional Standards and Policy at the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

Overdue: it’s time to make tax advice accountable

Now is the time to set out our standards in the accountancy profession once and for all Read More...

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Two thirds of accountants say poor HMRC services hurting small businesses
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Two thirds of accountants say poor HMRC services hurting small businesses

9m Rachael King

Two thirds of accountants say poor HMRC services h...

Following the Chancellor’s Spring Budget on March 6, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) surveyed its members for their insight ...

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UK Spring Budget 2024: Navigating a transformed fiscal landscape 
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UK Spring Budget 2024: Navigating a transformed fiscal landscape 

9m Accountancy Age

UK Spring Budget 2024: Navigating a transformed fi...

The UK's Spring Budget 2024 prioritises stability, growth, and fairness. Explore key reforms in public spending, tax, and inflation, and their impact ...

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Forget the budget, we need to be thinking longer-term
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Forget the budget, we need to be thinking longer-term

9m Rachael King

Forget the budget, we need to be thinking longer-t...

Amid economic uncertainty, UK political parties are betting on innovation-driven sectors like technology, manufacturing, and green energy to power gro...

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Mind your head (room)! What could we expect in next week’s Budget?
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Mind your head (room)! What could we expect in next week’s Budget?

9m Robert Marchant

Mind your head (room)! What could we expect in nex...

Is there headroom for tax cuts in next week’s Budget, and if so, what will they be? The ‘headroom’ is, of course, a wholly fictitious number, created ...

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UK businesses on tenterhooks ahead of UK Spring Budget 2024
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UK businesses on tenterhooks ahead of UK Spring Budget 2024

9m Accountancy Age

UK businesses on tenterhooks ahead of UK Spring Bu...

As the UK braces for the Spring Budget 2024, businesses across the nation are keenly awaiting Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal announcements. Wit...

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Ten Budget predictions from the MHA tax partners
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Ten Budget predictions from the MHA tax partners

10m MHA

Ten Budget predictions from the MHA tax partners

As we get closer to the Budget and there is talk of public spending reduction to fund his proposals, we think a cut by the Chancellor to the headline ...

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Jeremy Hunt hints at further tax cuts at Davos: What accountants need to know
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Jeremy Hunt hints at further tax cuts at Davos: What accountants need to kn...

11m Rachael Kennedy

Jeremy Hunt hints at further tax cuts at Davos: Wh...

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hinted at the possibility of further tax cuts in the upcoming spring Budget, during his time at the World Economic Forum...

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Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on late payments?
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Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on late payments?

12m Institute of Financial Account...

Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on l...

With an Autumn Statement that has received mixed reviews, one aspect that has flown somewhat under the radar is the commitment to public sector paymen...

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Helping businesses manage labour costs
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Helping businesses manage labour costs

1y Accountancy Age

Helping businesses manage labour costs

Discover how accountants can help businesses adapt to the new higher living wage, focusing on budgeting, financial planning, and compliance strategies...

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Autumn Statement preview 2023
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Autumn Statement preview 2023

1y Greg Noble

Autumn Statement preview 2023

Jeremy Hunt has made it clear that his main priority is to continue to reduce inflation ahead of the next election Read More...

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Significant tax changes in Autumn Statement could be viewed ‘negatively’ by businesses
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Significant tax changes in Autumn Statement could be viewed ‘negatively’ by...

1y Greg Noble

Significant tax changes in Autumn Statement could ...

The cumulative corporation tax earnings from April to September reached £43.3 billion Read More...

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Accounting firms disagree on future of CGT as General Election looms
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Accounting firms disagree on future of CGT as General Election looms

1y Greg Noble

Accounting firms disagree on future of CGT as Gene...

CGT receipts have increased by over 100% in the past five years and reached a record level of £18bn in the last year alone, and a further 18% increase...

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