Cutting the red tape - 2015 Enterprise Bill At least £10 billion in 5 years The newly appointed Business Secretary, Sajid Javid, who replaces Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, has used his first speech to outline plans to cut red tape for businesses. Mr Javid has pledged to trim at least £10 billion [...]
Congratulations to Devon Businesses! The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has announced the list of winners of the Queen's award which recognises businesses for their contribution to enterprise. Three Devon businesses, Sub10 Systems Ltd, Fraser Anti-Static Techniques Ltd and Clinton Devon Estates were all successful in picking up awards. Sub10 Systems [...]
Griffin Chartered Accountants are exhibiting at The Devon Business Expo on the 30 April 2015. The Expo is a fantastic opportunity for businesses from across the region to come together to show off the services they can provide and to network with each other. The Expo has a packed list of over 100 exhibitors [...]
Griffin Chartered Accountants are a Xero Certified Partner, based in Devon Xero is a cloud accountancy package that has taken the market by storm in recent years. The company has gone from just 200 clients in 2007 to more than 400,000 by the end of 2014 and with good reason. The software is very easy [...]
The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament. Here's a summary of what he announced: Tax and employment Personal tax-free allowance will be increased to £10,600 in April 2015, £10,800 in April 2016, and to £11,000 in April 2017. The higher rate band will also increase by £315 in 2016-17, and by £600 in 2017-18 [...]
Nick Clegg has announced £5m of funding to help boost tourism in the South West It is interesting to see how all the good news stories suddenly start to appear in the few months before the election! However, it is good to see the South West being recognised. Full story: http://ow.ly/K0fgd Summary Nick Clegg has [...]
Government backed Prompt Payment Code to recommend 30 day terms as standard Business Minister Matthew Hancock has announced changes to the Governments Prompt Payment Code that seek to promote 30 day terms as standard and create a 60 day maximum limit. Full story: http://ow.ly/JGb25 Summary Whilst it is good news that the Government is taking [...]
Registration opens for Married Couples allowance The Government has fulfilled its pledge to recognise marriage in the tax system by opening registration for its Married Couples allowance on 20 February. Full story: http://ow.ly/Juhoc Summary The new Married Couples allowance (not to be confused with the Married Couples allowance for those born before 6/4/1935) essentially allows [...]
Regional Growth Fund investment secured by Plymouth University Plymouth University and SWMAS Ltd, with its bidding partner South West Water (SWW), received a £10million grant from the £47million of Regional Growth Fund (RGF) funding for the South West. The funding will support the Growth, Acceleration and Investment Network (GAIN) and the Manufacturing Investment Programme. [...]
