Wear it Pink Breast Cancer awareness Posted at: Archive for November 11, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized We have been supporting Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer awareness. To raise money for this worthy cause we all wore pink and put our lockdown home baking skills into practice for a bake sale. Overall, we managed to raise a total of £680.00!
Tax Relief in 2020-21 for working from home Posted at: Archive for November 5, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized For the 2020-21 tax year (ending on 05.04.21) any employee who has been forced/asked to work from home can claim tax relief on the additional costs of working from home (e.g. Electricity and other utility bills etc). There has always been an allowance claimable but for this year the...
Welcome to our new starters Posted at: Archive for September 22, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized We would like to give a warm welcome to our two new starters, Oliver Gilbert and Amelia Walmsley. Oliver has joined our Audit team as an Audit and Accounts Trainee and Amelia has joined the Beech department as a Trainee.
Staff special birthdays Posted at: Archive for June 8, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized We would like to say three big Happy Birthday’s to Jess who has recently celebrated her 21st, Michael who has celebrated his 60th and Katherine who celebrated her 50th last week. Given the current circumstances they couldn’t celebrate as they wished but they enjoyed their day as much as...
Exam Success Posted at: Archive for April 17, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized Some good news!! Monica, Nathan and James have all recorded passes of papers at the Professional Level. Nathan recorded a brilliant 89% on the Financial Accounting and Reporting paper. In addition, Amy completed her Level 4 Apprenticeship with a Distinction. Well done to all!
Coronavirus update – Beech Business Services and Barlow Andrews Posted at: Archive for March 20, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized Coronavirus update – Beech Business Services and Barlow Andrews The Chancellor yesterday announced a further series of measures to financially help individuals and businesses affected by COVID-19. Please see below for further details. One place for advice is https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response which includes a specific sections related to employers, employees and...
Barlow Andrews Sponsorship Update Posted at: Archive for March 9, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized Our sister company, Barlow Andrews have again chosen to sponsor the ‘MCR BMX National Team’ for 2020 The MCR BMX Team attended rounds 1 & 2 of the 2020 HSBC National BMX Series over the weekend racing on both Saturday and Sunday. This year the series is using transponders to...
New Starter Posted at: Archive for March 5, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized I would like to welcome David Saunders to the Audit Team of our sister company. David joins us as an Audit Senior and is AAT qualified, and has around 6 years’ experience in audit and accounts. He is due to sit his ACA Finals next year.
Sub-contractor engagement – time for a checklist Posted at: Archive for February 18, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized HMRC are taking a keen interest in employment status in the construction industry. And the regulations may be a lot more complicated to fathom out than you think, argues James Dawson from Barlow Andrews. Many different sectors are confronting issues related to employment status and tax right now. Whether...
Exam Successes Posted at: Archive for January 28, 2020 Posted in: Uncategorized Exam Successes Congratulations to several of our trainees who have passed their exams. Jess, James and Nathan have all completed their Certificate Level ACA exams. James and Nathan now move on to the Professional Level taking their first papers at this level in March. Jess has already moved on...