Compliance for Growing Businesses: What Changes as You Scale? | Member News
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 | Member News
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). [...]
Why a formal M&A process matters to you | Member News
Why a formal M&A process matters to you Demand for high-quality, affordable M&A advice has grown steadily over the past few years, especially among founders preparing to exit. An ageing base of owner-managers, the search for succession solutions and a need for liquidity are all bringing more good businesses to market. Yet larger advisory firms are increasingly reluctant to [...]
Businesses, beware the Autumn cashflow crisis – Azets | Member News
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 | Member News
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 [...]
Employment Rights Act: Businesses urged to prepare, not panic | Member News
Employment Rights Act: Businesses urged to prepare, not panic Businesses with strong employment practices should not fear upcoming changes to employment law, but instead use the coming months to review policies, strengthen record-keeping and prepare for further reforms, according to a leading East Lancashire employment law specialist. The Employment Rights Act 2025, which strengthens employees’ rights in the UK, [...]
PM+M reports 10% jump in turnover over the past 12 months | Member News
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 | Member News
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 | Member News
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 | Member News
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 [...]
