Midlands Business News

An Evesham accountancy firm has marked its first anniversary by pledging its support to a local charity.

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Partners and employees at Droitwich-based accountancy practice Ballard Dale Syree Watson LLP are celebrating as they have secured the title Accountancy Firm of the Year 2013 in the West Midlands.

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Companies could face a major headache tackling the government’s new auto-enrolment pension legislation, according to Stratford accountancy firm Leigh Graham Associates.

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Worcestershire-based Curo Chartered Accountants are riding high after its two founding partners, Anna Madden and Julia Whelan, were jointly announced as finalists for St Richard’s Hospice Worcestershire Women of the Year (WWOTY).

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Staff from chartered accountants Clement Keys abseiled down their building, The Binding Site, to raise money for St Edward’s Trust as part of a family fun day.

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A business advisory and accountancy firm in Nottingham can boast two of the country’s finest young professionals according to a nationwide survey. Lisa Huckerby and Sheetal Sanghvi at RSM Tenon have both made it onto a national list of the top 35 people under 35 working in financial services. The list was compiled by Accountancy [...]

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A Black Country steel stockholder has undergone a management buyout (MBO) advised in the Midlands.

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Crowe Clark Whitehill has triumphed at the 2013 FDs’ Excellence Awards, hosted by Real Business and the ICAEW.

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Halesowen-based chartered accountancy firm Nicklin LLP have triumphed in one of the industry’s most prestigious regional awards.

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Birmingham-based chartered accountants JW Hinks are celebrating the Silver Anniversary of bookkeeper Carol Deen.

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Edgbaston-based chartered accountants JW Hinks are holding a free seminar for businesses that are having trouble sourcing bank finance.

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A long-standing recruitment business in Ashby de la Zouch has been acquired by a national firm.

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A controversial HMRC scheme that puts small businesses on the spot by quizzing them on the telephone is back in action, according to accountants.

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After 23 years with KPMG, 11 as a partner, Jackie Hendley is joining Smith Cooper as their Head of Tax.

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Lincolnshire-based chartered accountancy firm Moore Thompson is advising small business owners to seek advice to see if they will be exempt from paying employers’ National Insurance Contributions

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New powers that enable the taxman to rifle through credit card transactions to spot payments to retailers and traders could result in a hefty tax claim to the business – unless full and proper records are kept and income declared, a prominent accountant has warned. Henry Briggs, senior partner at the Birmingham office of Haines [...]

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Worcestershire’s self-employed have been urged to ‘be aware’ of sweeping claim benefit changes which come into force later this year and to take steps now to get their affairs in order.

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A Government incentive introduced to encourage business investment has been extended for two years.

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A combination of money saving business advice and grant funding has enabled Leicester charity, Soft Touch, to secure flagship new premises in the city centre.

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Lincolnshire-based chartered accountants Moore Thompson are celebrating 25 years since Moore & Price and Thompson & Co merged to form the firm.

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Tildesley & Tonks, the Wolverhampton based Chartered Accountants, has re-branded. From 1 May the company will be known as Copia Wealth & Tax.

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British Accountancy ‘Mid-Tier Firm of the Year’ Cooper Parry has appointed a new Chief Executive and a new Chairman.

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Business advisory and accountancy firm RSM Tenon will host a workshop for Birmingham’s directors, owner managers and HR professionals to help them deal with disciplinary and grievance matters in the workplace.
Run in partnership with national law firm Gateley LLP, the event entitled ‘disciplinary and grievance investigations: when is enough enough?’ will take place between 8-11am on Tuesday 7 May at The National Motorcycle Museum.

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Leading firm, chartered accountants, Newby Castleman is warning those who haven’t declared profit on the sale of a second home not to bury their heads in the sand, or they could face crippling tax bills thanks to a new HMRC campaign. Set to tackle those that haven’t paid any tax on the sale of a [...]

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Small business owners across Shropshire are being warned to keep on top of tax returns, or risk significant penalties under tough new HMRC rules. From 1st May new rules will see late self-assessment tax payers face daily fines of £10, up to a maximum of £900 over three months. An estimated 650,000 to 850,000 self-assessment [...]

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Lincolnshire-based chartered accountants Moore Thompson are encouraging youngsters to think about the benefits of becoming a charity trustee.

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One of the East Midlands longest established independent accountancy firms, Clayton & Brewill, has promoted Doug Perry to Partner

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Halesowen-based chartered accountancy firm Nicklin LLP has been shortlisted for one of the industry’s most prestigious regional awards. The firm has been named as a finalist in the category of ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year (more than five partners)’ in the ICAEW West Midlands Chartered Accountant of the Year Awards. The awards are organised by [...]

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They say in business the stakes are high – and no more so than when over 600 runners from companies across the region competed against each other in a running challenge aimed at raising money for charity.

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A Warwickshire firm of chartered accountants has found the ideal location for its new head office with support from national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).

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A pair of enterprising Alcester Grammar School girls are hoping to raise £500 to help young footballers achieve their sporting goals

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Two members of staff at Edgbaston-based chartered accountants JW Hinks have been made partners.

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Stratford-based chartered accountancy firm Murphy Salisbury has been shortlisted for one of the industry’s most prestigious regional awards. The firm has been named as a finalist in the category of ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year (up to five partners)’ in the ICAEW West Midlands Chartered Accountant of the Year Awards. The awards are organised by [...]

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For the third year in a row, Newby Castleman Chartered Accountants will be instrumental to the Rainbows annual Ratby 4 Rainbows concert, sponsoring the special event at Leicester Cathedral in June.

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Droitwich-based accountancy practice Ballard Dale Syree Watson LLP has been nominated for three awards in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) regional competition.

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Gary Hargreaves, Finance Director at the Q3 Academy in Great Barr, is hoping to have raised around £2,000 after completing a 31-mile “Walk of Faith”.

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A Warwickshire archery club is on target for a record year after a surge of interest in the sport post-Olympics.

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Jenni Wilson joins the Thompson Wright team as their small business manager, bringing with her over 20 years of experience within the sector.

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Lincolnshire-based chartered accountancy firm Moore Thompson is advising business owners that they will be able to benefit from tax relief when they pay to help their employees return to work after sickness.

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Stratford-based chartered accountancy firm Murphy Salisbury has welcomed a new client service manager to its expanding team.

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Lincolnshire-based chartered accountancy firm Nicholsons has relocated its Market Rasen office to new premises in the town. Previously based in Union Street, the firm’s new office is situated in King Street, the main arterial route through the town. Additionally, the new office is located on the ground floor, with free parking nearby in the Festival [...]

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Small business owners should seek advice to see if they will be exempt from paying employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NIC) when new measures come into force.

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More and more charities are seeking funding from the voluntary sector as Government finance reduces, a specialist charity adviser has warned.

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Worcestershire-based Curo Chartered Accountants are thrilled to have been shortlisted for two categories in the 2013 West Midlands ICAEW accountancy awards.

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Smith Cooper Midlands accountants and business advisors have relocated to grade I listed Georgian building St Helen’s House located on King Street, Derby as of Monday 8th April.

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Chartered accountants Duncan & Toplis are quizzing East Midlands farmers about the state of their business – and they will reveal the results of their survey at Cereals 2013 at Boothby Graffoe in June.

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Any mention of the current economic downturn immediately conjures up images of businesses failing, jobs being lost and a fear of spending.

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A Nottingham-based chartered accountant who is used to sorting the wheat from the chaff has left a city practice, where he was a partner, and set up his own business. Philip Staniforth became a chartered accountant in 1995, though coming from an arable-farming family at Kelham, near Newark, he had previously qualified in farming and [...]

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Tax breaks designed to make the UK a haven for inventors and innovators have been welcomed by a leading Midlands chartered accountant.

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Stratford-based chartered accountancy firm Murphy Salisbury has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for its taxation services.

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