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17/06/2026

⚽Good Luck to England in tonight's World Cup match and for the rest of the tournament⚽

The on our shirt 🦁

17/06/2026

Good luck to England Cricket Women for this year's T20 World Cup.

17/06/2026

HMRC is reporting that with less than two months until the first Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax filing deadline on 7 August 2026, more than 528,000 taxpayers still have not registered.

HMRC says around 336,000 landlords, sole traders and self-employed people have signed up so far with 528,000 taxpayers not yet signing up. Registrations are currently increasing by around 2,500 per week, although HMRC expects this is increase closer to the deadline.

HMRC is not running a penalty scheme for the first year, but affected taxpayers are being urged not to leave registration until the last minute.

To find out if and when you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, HMRC provide further information at the link below.

Please contact us if you require any assistance.

Check if you need to use Making Tax Digital for Income Tax to report your self-employment and property income.

12/06/2026

The government have announced a temporary reduced 5% VAT rate applying to children’s meals, family attractions and entertainment tickets for 69 days from 25 June 2026 to 1 September 2026.

The reduced rate replaces the standard rate of VAT of 20% for supplies within scope during this period.

The reduced 5% rate applies to the following supplies:

- Children’s meals consumed on the premises from a dedicated children’s menu
- Family and child tickets for cinemas, theatrical performances, concerts, shows and exhibitions
- Tickets for admission (for adults and children) to qualifying attractions such as amusement parks and fairs (including water parks and theme parks), zoos, aquariums, soft play centres, circuses, adventure parks, museums and observation attractions, wildlife parks and farm visitor attractions

Businesses should apply the normal VAT rules on time of supply when determining the correct rate of VAT.

Further information is available from HMRC at

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12/06/2026

In this week’s Enews, we look at a funding boost to debt services for small businesses and the self-employed. There is also a call for a cut to the VAT rate on hospitality businesses and a warning on pensions savings to update you on.

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05/06/2026

In this week’s Enews, we look at the business response to the Milburn review. There is also a Child Benefit reminder for new parents and the latest advisory fuel rates to update you on.

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29/05/2026

⚠️Scam Alert⚠️

Companies House and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) are asking businesses to be vigilant of misleading requests for payments, sent by organisations not affiliated with government.

These requests typically take the form of invoices requesting payment for Companies House and IPO services.

Invoices received may request payment at highly inflated prices for services available at a much lower fee, or free of charge, directly from the legitimate sources: Companies House, IP attorneys or the IPO.

They usually ask for payment to:

- set up or claim your Companies House online account.
- authenticate your Companies House account or verify your details.
- renew your trade mark or include it on an ‘exclusive online register’.

Further information on how to check if a letter or email is genuine and how to report suspicious communications can be found at

Companies House and IPO warn businesses about unsolicited payment requests and how to identify them.