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Latest news

• 'Owners share insights after selling their businesses
• 2023/24 – the 23-month tax year?
• 2024 – the year of two Budgets
• 21st century Revenue – HMRC’s app and new texting service
• A Clear Plan. A Bold Future. How HURST is Building for 2028
• A PAYE Settlement Agreement: Do you need one before 5 July?
• A budget for long term growth?
• A festive U-turn – and a reminder that business has a voice
• A real HIT on IHT! 
• Ambitious plans unveiled for HURST to double in size
• An ominous update for pensions
• And now for the next New Year
• Approved mileage rate hike
• Are you on top of Making Tax Digital’s latest developments?
• Are you ready for April’s tax and pension changes?
• Are you ready for MTD?
• Associated company rules changing 1 April
• Autumn Budget 2024
• Autumn Statement 2022 - Sacrifice for stability?
• Basis period rules among tax changes coming up
• Ben Bradley Becomes Head of Hurst Corporate Finance
• Better economic news creates room for headline tax reductions
• Bidding wars power up deals market
• Boost your business with the Help to Grow: Digital scheme
• Bounce Back Repayments Begin
• Breaking the (tax) code
• Budget 2021 & Spending Review – A New Age of Optimism?
• Budget Date Confirmed: November 26 – What It Could Mean for Transactions
• Budget Day 2025 Confirmed: What’s Behind the Delay?
• Budget Perspective: Not as bad as it could have been
• Budget R&D changes
• Budget Verdict: Some positives, but corporation tax hike will weaken UK's competitive edge, says Adrian Young
• Budget perspective - 'a difficult day for employers'
• Budget reflection: Stability in uncertain times
• Budget rise in Capital Gains Tax 'would be counter-productive'
• Burnham Urged to Provide 'a Steadying Hand' to Business
• Business Owners Urged to Accelerate Deal Plans
• Business Owners ‘Holding Their Breath’ in the Run-Up to Autumn Budget
• Business leaders call for stability as Labour sweeps to power
• Business leaders hope for a ‘no-surprises’ Budget
• Business owners urged to act now on inheritance tax as the clock ticks
• Business rates loophole on second homes closing
• Business rates revaluation in 2023
• Businesses take stock of increased costs
• CGT hikes lead to reduced tax take
• CGT reporting and payment deadline extended
• Can Truss now deliver on her tax promises?
• Can the child benefit charge be fixed?
• Can you beat the dividend tax rates rise?
• Capital gains targeted in Autumn Statement
• Capital gains tax receipts underline tempting target for Chancellor
• Cash basis reform: potential turnover threshold changes
• Chancellor Announces Significant Changes to R&D Tax Relief
• Changes coming to R&D claims
• ChatGPT: A big leap forward, but carries risks for business users
• Child benefit charge changes confirmed
• Clone of HURST welcomes latest trainee recruits
• Close company directors asked to reveal more
• Companies House reform brings tougher company checks
• Congratulations to Luke and Emily - two rising stars at HURST!
• Conservative tax hike passes Commons vote
• Consider your options before the tax hikes
• Cryptoasset disclosure
• Cryptocurrency conundrums
• Cutting Costs and Maximising Employee Benefits
• Cycling to work tax savings continue
• Debt-evading directors face new Insolvency Service powers
• Demise of paper tax returns
• Dissecting inflation: what a difference a year makes
• Don’t forget to include Covid-19 payments on self-assessment returns
• Due Diligence - preparing your business for transactions
• Duo gain promotion in Tax team
• Duo promoted in business services team
• Duo's arrival strengthens our tax team
• Dutch PrimeGlobal Partners, Visser and Visser, visit Manchester!
• Electric vehicles can boost income with salary sacrifice
• Ellen Becomes a Partner in Our Latest Round of Promotions
• Ellen Feetum joins HURST to spearhead new corporate tax offering
• Ellie enjoys the trip of a lifetime in HURST's global exchange
• Employers show resilience despite facing uncertain times as tax measures bed in
• Failure to Prevent Fraud – Are You Ready?
• Finalising returns figures and filing early
• Financial forecasting a 'pivotal tool' to futureproof businesses
• First time buyers: time to act?
• Five gain promotion in our business services team
• Five principles of investing everyone should know
• Focus on tax year-end planning
• Four New Arrivals Strengthen Our Ranks
• Freeport Tax Incentives
• Freeports up and running
• From new year to year end – time to keep a tax-planning resolution?
• From victory to Budget? Labour’s first 100 days
• General election 2024
• Getting in touch: HMRC’s new email facility
• Government’s tax take on growth trajectory
• Growing confidence in managing tax digitally
• HICBC discovery assessments deemed invalid
• HMRC ramps up its checks
• HMRC sets its sights on hidden electronic sales
• HMRC withdraws P11D PDF alternative
• HMRC's April Interest Rate Cut
• HURST Away Day raises £4,000 for hospice
• HURST Corporate Finance Duo Gain Promotion
• HURST Corporate Finance advise EDM Group on its acquisition of RGF Support
• HURST Corporate Finance advises care home provider on latest deal to grow its portfolio
• HURST Joins the Dains Group
• HURST Launches Autumn Client Satisfaction Tracker
• HURST Recognised as a Great Place to Work for Development™ 2025
• HURST TEAM GEAR UP FOR TOUGH MUDDER CHARITY CHALLENGE
• HURST advises Active on its sale to tech company Babble
• HURST advises FMB on its sale to Finitor Wealth
• HURST advises PCS Asbestos Consultants on sale to AIM-listed Marlowe
• HURST advises Wilkinson Cowan partnership on management buyout
• HURST advises as food group beefs up portfolio with Binghams acquisition
• HURST advises law firm's shareholders on sale to Express Solicitors
• HURST advises on employee ownership move for fast-growing Instinct Resourcing
• HURST advises on management buyout at Statiflo
• HURST advises on sale of HCD Economics to Prime Global
• HURST advises on the sale of Fortis Pharma Consulting
• HURST advising Thermatic on the takeover trail as it aims to double revenues to 50M
• HURST blazes a trail with leadership development programme
• HURST celebrates 40th anniversary
• HURST duo promoted to partner
• HURST expands into private client tax with partner appointment
• HURST helps Red Rose Packaging to wrap up sale to Logson Group
• HURST hosts PrimeGlobal's EMEA Business Leadership conference
• HURST joins UN Network to accelerate our ESG strategy
• HURST joins the Stockport Economic Alliance: championing growth, collaboration and community
• HURST named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ for Women 2025
• HURST officially named one of the 2023 UK's Best Workplaces for Women™.
• HURST plays leading role as panicium acquires The Bury Black Pudding Company
• HURST scores with National Football Museum
• HURST sponsors Stockport Pride Festival
• HURST staff rally to the cause as NHS appeals for blood donors
• HURST staff reach new heights for Willow Wood
• HURST tax duo advise TNEI on transition to employee ownership
• HURST team advises Wilkinson Cowan’s shareholders on sale to Roger Hannah
• HURST team clean beach of 1,000 pieces of litter
• HURST team to the fore as Growth Company acquires Winning Moves
• HURST to help clients achieve net zero
• HURST ushers in new era with imaginative rebrand
• HURST welcomes new trainees!
• HURST’s Jennifer Escott Shortlisted for Insider North West Young Professionals Awards 2025
• Help to Grow: Digital scheme expanded
• High income child benefit charge
• Higher rate taxpayers: no longer a select club
• Hot topics in data
• How to raise £10,000,000,000
• Hunger for acquisitions is on the rise
• IHT receipts reach £6 billion record
• IHT rules
• Import VAT confusion continues
• Improving your financial health
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• Increased income – the double-edged sword
• Inheritance tax business relief – where are we now?
• Inheritance tax receipts double in a decade
• Interest rates poised to rise amid inflation surge, investment expert says
• Key role for HURST advisers as uniform manufacturer Tibard becomes employee-owned
• LABOUR ON COURSE FOR VICTORY BUT MAJORITY IS NOT GUARANTEED, SAYS LORD FINKELSTEIN
• LIFE AS A BUSINESS SERVICES ASSOCIATE
• Lack of awareness around Making Tax Digital
• Learning from old lessons - the importance of cash forecasting
• Leasehold shake-up on the horizon
• Liam and Abigail join our ranks in Business Services and HURST Corporate Finance
• M & A trends-plan for success
• MTD income tax pilot
• Making Tax Digital delayed once more
• Making Tax Digital expands
• Making Tax Digital latest
• Making Tax Digital small business review
• Making Tax Digital update
• Making Tax Digital: avoiding VAT penalties
• Managing the end of furlough
• Mandatory payrolling of benefits
• Mansion Tax
• Manufacturing Excellence in Motion: Lessons from Jaguar Land Rover
• Maxing Tax Digital delayed until 2024
• Mental health and wellbeing charity for young people gets boost from HURST
• Milestone Year For HURST
• Mini Budget: The beginnings of a return to fiscal responsibility?
• Minimum Wage Breaches: Why Even Well-Run Businesses Are Getting Caught Out
• Minimum wage to increase in 2022
• Miscalculated corporation tax reliefs targeted by HMRC
• Mitigating rising corporation tax rates
• More caught in the net of IHT property valuations
• More detail on business and agricultural IHT reliefs threshold cut
• More disclosure on the cards for businesses
• More estates paying IHT
• More estates paying IHT
• NICs boost for the self-employed
• National insurance gap extension
• Navigating International Trade in an Uncertain World
• Nearly £50 billion missing in tax take
• New Covid-19 business support package
• New HMRC AEOI registration requirement – what trustees and directors need to know
• New VAT penalties regime on the horizon
• New employment rights arrive in April
• New energy bill support scheme for businesses
• New points-based penalties for late VAT returns
• New reporting requirements for company directors
• New reporting requirements for dividend data
• North West a hotspot for overseas companies
• Our business services team continues to expand
• Our new dedicated HURST Corporate Finance website is live!
• Over-65s set new employment record
• Pay attention to tax codes
• Payroll complications for spring
• Penalties for late VAT payments
• Pension decisions for the new government
• Pension top-ups for lower-paid employees
• Planes, trains and automobiles – managing employees’ transport challenges
• Planning to sell your company? How you can increase shareholder value
• Post Budget Review
• Probate fees reform, round three
• Property income tax rates going up
• Qualtex Appoints HURST
• R&D tax relief claimants warned over 30 June notification deadline
• R&D tax relief reforms on the cards
• R&D: Reform on the cards
• Rate of compensation on statutory payments increased
• Record number of trainees join our ranks
• Regional M&A market continues its strong run into 2023
• Relocating Abroad
• Renowned Political Commentator, Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE, to share Expert Analysis on Anticipated Impact of General Election
• Retiring in 2021 or Beyond
• Ryan gains promotion to associate partner
• Savers could miss out on thousands of pounds in retirement
• Scammers step-up sophisticated frauds
• School leavers being welcomed onto our trainee accountant programme
• Second Tax Day brings change and consultation
• Sense & Stability – what business leaders are hoping to see in the Autumn Statement
• Setting new taxpayer records
• Sick pay rebate returns to help relieve pressure on businesses
• Six-fold increase on late payment interest rates
• Small businesses top tax gap defaulters
• Soaring inflation 'a worrying factor' for entrepreneurs
• Soaring tax receipts for CGT and NICs
• Some welcome proposals for business in the King's Speech
• Spring Statement - all you need to know
• Spring Statement 2025
• Spring Statement 2025: What’s Shaping the Chancellor’s Thinking?
• Spring Statement 2026 – Key Points
• Stability tops the 2026 business wishlist
• Stockport cheek swab drive could save lives
• Streetwize Accessories Motors to record revenues in milestone year
• THE BENEFITS OF GOING EMPLOYEE OWNED
• Tax Team Strengthened With Two Senior Appointments as Growth Accelerates
• Tax and corporate finance specialists gain promotion
• Tax and filing changes for businesses
• Tax charges to rise on loans to directors
• Tax gap at all-time low
• Tax taking centre stage in Tory leadership battle at ‘perilous’ time for UK businesses
• Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to tackle Covid-19 fraud
• Taxpayer victory leads to room hire VAT exemption
• The Autumn 2025 Budget
• The Budget surprise: changes to the pension tax rules
• The Chancellor’s May economy statement: all about energy
• The Importance of Protection in Financial Planning
• The King’s Speech: Business Owners Seek Reassurance and a Confidence Boost
• The Ofgem price cap returns
• The Parently Group Steps into School Footwear with Term Acquisition, Advised by HURST
• The effects of fiscal drag on your tax position
• The first election tax stories
• The importance of a well-drafted will
• The inflation puzzle of 2022
• The march of the higher rate taxpayer
• The national insurance tax cut
• The next step for Making Tax Digital
• The patchwork effect of rising inflation
• The rise of mini umbrella company fraud
• The stamp duty tangle – a useful lesson
• Threat of recession remains low as inflation nears its peak
• Time to 'kick the tyres' down under, says Australian business expert
• Time to Act: Major Inheritance Tax Changes on the Horizon
• To sell or not to sell?
• Transfer pricing and Pillar Two: why multinational businesses need to consider both
• Treasury sets aside CGT and IHT change agendas
• Trio arrival bolsters HURST team
• Trio promoted and a warm welcome to our latest graduate recruits!
• Two recruits join our Tax Advisory Team
• UK TRANSITION. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
• UK-Australia Trade Deal Will unleash New Opportunities
• VAT annual adjustments: What it is and when to do it
• VAT compliance checks
• VAT return errors get an update
• Venture Capital Trust changes
• WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY VAT REVERSE CHARGE?
• WHEN IS A VAN A CAR?
• Welcome to Our Latest Trainees!
• Welcome to our latest recruits as expansion gathers pace
• What can we expect from Budget 2024?
• What goes into the tax cocktail?
• What is ‘substantial extent’ for non-trading activities?
• What might spark a CGT bill?
• What to expect from the Spring Forecast on 26 March
• Why a Audit Is Good for Business
• Will reform proposals
• Will simple assessment take you by surprise?
• Willow Wood Hospice Chosen as Charity of the Year
• Winding-up petitions on the rise in HMRC squeeze
• Zero-rated food confusion
• Zertus expands its portfolio with the acquisition of Sun Valley
• identity verification
•  HURST SIGNS UP FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS  
• ‘No jab, no job?’ and other workplace challenges
• ‘The Growth Plan’ – a further update

Economic Update

Events

• 2026 Outlook
• A Breakfast with Steve Oliver
• A Technical Workout for FDs & Fractional FDs
• A breakfast with leading fund manager Alastair Unwin
• AI and the Future of Your Business: An Executive Roundtable
• AI for Strategic Decision-Makers: Half-Day Workshop
• AI for the Senior Leadership Team (Workshop) Feb 26
• AI for the Senior Leadership Team (Workshop)
• Achieving Net Zero – Where Should We Begin?
• Autumn Budget & Spending Review Seminar
• Beyond COVID - The outlook for the entrepreneur with Martin Vander Weyer.
• Breakfast Serial: Unmasking Fraud - A Seminar with Barclays Bank
• Breaking News & Invitation
• Budget Live 2025 — Watch. React. Connect.
• Budget Review
• Changes to inheritance tax – impacts for private businesses and their owners
• Charlotte Event
• Data Foundations for AI Success
• Doing Business in Australia
• Doing Business in Australia
• Doing Business in Australia
• Doing Business in Australia
• Doing Business in the Netherlands
• Doing Business in the Netherlands
• Doing Business in the USA
• Doing business in the Netherlands
• Economic Update
• Economic Update
• Economic Update
• Embracing the B Corp Movement: A private lunch for Business Leaders Seeking Change
• Employment Related Securities (ERS) Reporting
• Enhancing cyber resilience in an evolving digital landscape
• Executive Insight Lunch with Janet Mui
• Executive Insight Lunch with Sid Sadique
• Executive Insight With Priya Lakhani OBE, Entrepreneur & Artificial Intelligence Innovator.
• Executive Insight with Esther McVey MP
• Executive Insight: What to expect in 2022 with Janet Mui and Charles Berry
• HR Update
• HURST GOLF DAY 2024
• HURST Golf Day 2025
• HURST Private Equity Walk
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• Introduction to Power BI & Real-time Dashboards
• Investment update with Janet Mui
• Is your business ready for the next level of e-commerce?
• Land Rover Experience Manufacturing Tour
• Looking Ahead: The importance of forecasting in your business
• Lunch with Lord Daniel Finkelstein OBE
• M&A Update: Acquisitions
• Navigating Geopolitical & Technological Uncertainty – The Global Risks and Opportunities for Your Business
• Opportunities in the Metaverse with Jeremy White, Senior Innovation Editor at Wired
• Pathways to Employee Ownership: Celebrating a decade of EOTs
• Payroll Year-End Update & IR35: What Employers Need to Know
• Payroll provider Manchester
• Pensions Auto Enrolment & Salary Sacrifice Pension Schemes
• Pensions Auto Enrolment & Salary Sacrifice Pension Schemes
• Philanthropy: how to donate effectively with Kevin Cahill, creator of The Talent Fund
• Power to the people – Employee retention through well-being
• Q1 Economic Update
• Q4 Economic Update
• Salary Exchange: What you need to know with Pareto Financial Planning
• Spring Budget Breakfast
• Success in Family Business: An Evening at Arighi Bianchi
• Tariffs & Trade: What Businesses Need to Know
• Technical Workout for FDs & Fractional FDs
• The M&A Q&A: Exploring the acquisition journey
• The Spring Statement & Global Economic Shifts
• Top applications for your business
• Top tips for entrepreneurial businesses
• Traders Lunch
• Trading with Europe: VAT & Supply Chain Considerations
• Transfer Pricing
• Unlock Real-Time Insights from Xero with HURST Digital x Tugger
• Unlock Your Data’s Potential With AI
• Unlocking the Potential of Grants
• VIRTUAL: Clone of Power to the people – Employee retention through well-being
• Webinar: Payroll Benefits in Kind & P11D Preparation

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