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Calendar method’ calculations for thousands of baffled businesses don’t add up following complicated government compliance "We haven’t found two employers tackling this in the same way.” H-J Dobbie, Head of HR Consultancy at Azets, the UK top 10 accountancy and business advisory firm. “Getting holiday pay calculations wrong not only invites an investigation by the Fair Work Agency but [...]

Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone Celebrates Record-Breaking Summer with More Than 7,800 Visits from Young People For parents and guardians, the summer holidays can bring a difficult juggling act – balancing work, childcare and the rising cost of keeping children safe, active and entertained. With holiday childcare costing families £850–£950 per child, the financial pressure can be significant. That’s [...]

Helen Charnock Having spent over 18 years as an Underwriter with RSA (now Intact Insurance), I've built my career working with brokers to help businesses understand and manage risk with confidence. Over the years, I've been fortunate to broaden my experience through client-facing roles with Marsh, Aon and Howden, where I developed a real passion for building relationships and [...]

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 [...]