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Compliance for Growing Businesses: What Changes as You Scale? As a business grows, so do the responsibilities that come with running it. What may have been manageable for a start-up or small company can quickly become more complex as headcount increases, turnover rises, and operations expand. Compliance is one area where many growing businesses face new challenges, and failing [...]

Unstoppable: Resilient student named Higher Education Student of the Year after refusing to give up Despite her cancer, Rebecca Oldham has refused to let life's toughest challenges stand in the way of her ambitions has been named Higher Education Student of the Year after graduating with a BA (Hons) Counselling and Psychotherapy degree from East Lancashire University Centre (ELUC). [...]

Businesses, beware the Autumn cashflow crisis – Azets UK top ten accountancy and advisory firm Azets has warned that SMEs across the North West could face ‘an Autumn cashflow crisis’ if they don’t prepare properly for key October tax deadlines. Praveen Gupta, UK Head of Tax at the business that has offices in Manchester, Bolton, Burnley, Lancaster, Preston, Shrewsbury, [...]

PM+M Autumn Budget What will the Autumn Budget mean for you? Join PM+M at Blackburn Rovers Football Club as their experts share analysis of the Chancellor's announcements and discuss what they could mean for businesses, employers and individuals. Attend their free breakfast seminar to explore the key changes, ask questions and gain practical insights into the implications of the [...]

PM+M reports 10% jump in turnover over the past 12 months PM+M – the chartered accountancy, business advisory and financial planning group - has seen its turnover grow by 10% for the last financial year, increasing from £12.7m to £13.9m. The firm's growth was underpinned by particularly strong performances across the Financial Planning Audit and Tax teams. The latest [...]

428,000 miss Making Tax Digital’s first filing deadline – Azets Almost half the people eligible for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax have missed the first filing deadline, according an analysis from international accountancy and business advisory group Azets. Figures from HMRC showed 436,000 taxpayers filed their first MTD for Income Tax quarterly update on time on August [...]

Iran War Pushing up Cost of Borrowing for UK Small Businesses Azets debt specialist says uncertainly over interest rate rises may lead to difficulties The ongoing war in Iran which is pushing up the cost of borrowing for North West SMEs (small and medium enterprises) may be the final nail in the coffin for some businesses, says a sector [...]

Two-thirds of Making Tax Digital clients haven’t registered, Freedom of Information request by Azets finds More than 580,000 people who should have registered for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax have failed to do so, according to the results of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from international accountancy and business advisory group Azets. HMRC data shows that [...]

70% of UK businesses fear economic uncertainty most as climate hits profits, hiring and costs, Azets research finds UK businesses have been hit hard by economic issues and remain worried and pessimistic about the future of UK plc, according to new research from international accountancy and business advisory group Azets. The findings of the Q2 2026 Azets Barometer showed [...]

May 2026 insolvency statistics; Azets response There were 1,868 corporate insolvencies in May 2026 – 10.5% fewer than in April 2026 (2,087), and 16.3% fewer than in May 2025 (2,231) Richard Oddy, Restructuring and Insolvency partner at international accountancy and business advisory group Azets, said: “The monthly and annual fall in corporate insolvencies reflects the change in Compulsory Liquidation [...]