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27/11/2025

Business rates to be reformed from April 2026 Retail, hospitality and leisure properties under £500,000 will qualify for lower multipliers permanently. Large properties face a new high-value multiplier.

27/11/2025

ISA rules to tighten from April 2027 The ISA limit remains at £20,000, but under-65s will have to invest at least £8,000 of that in stocks and funds, not cash. Time for cash-heavy ISA savers to rethink how they allocate their funds.

27/11/2025

Cap on salary-sacrifice NIC advantages From April 2029, only the first £2,000 of pension salary sacrifice is NIC-free. Employers and higher earners have three years to revisit remuneration and pension strategies.

27/11/2025

High-value council tax surcharge from 2028 Owners of homes valued at £2 million or more will pay a new charge in addition to existing council tax liabilities as the much argued over ‘mansion tax’ is ushered in.

27/11/2025

Electric vehicles to face per-mile tax from 2028 Mileage-based taxation is here to stay, with a new eVED starting in April 2028. Most EV drivers will initially pay about £240 a year with plug-in hybrids paying less.

27/11/2025

Fuel duty: increases coming 2026/27 Fuel duty will rise in stages from in September 2026 by 1p, 2p more in December 2026 and a further 2p in March 2027. Keeping an eye on your motoring costs will become more important, especially for business fleets.

27/11/2025

Two-child limit scrapped The widely derided two-child limit for Universal Credit is abolished. Larger families may see higher entitlements so it’s important to check how any benefits might interact with other financial planning.

27/11/2025

Tax on savings, dividends and property income rising From 2026/27, tax rates on savings income, dividends and rental profits rise by two percentage points (dividend additional rate unchanged).

27/11/2025

Income tax thresholds frozen till 2030/31 The personal allowance and all major income-tax thresholds stay frozen for another three years, meaning more people will drift into higher tax bands.

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24/12/2022

Wishing all our clients and contacts a very Merry Christmas, and best wishes for the New Year.

This year, instead of Secret Santa’s and cards, the staff and directors at Hewitt Card donated to the Sherwood Forest Food Bank.
The huge amount of donations were very gratefully received.

Thankyou to Rachel for organising, collecting, buying and delivering.

🎄 Merry Christmas 🎄