Of all the many restrictions placed on creditors to protect businesses during the pandemic, none have been as long lasting or wide ranging as those, which have prevented the enforcement of rent arrears throughout the crisis. This shelter has been vital to many viable but cash-strapped enterprises, but as from 25th March 2022, the full panoply of remedies will be
It is common practice for director/shareholders of owner-managed businesses to take remuneration by way of a low basic salary paid through PAYE, with the remainder being taken as shareholder dividends. This is because dividends typically attract a lower rate of tax (both for the individual and the company) than would be payable as an employee. Yet, although this is common
2022 will be a year of renewed optimism for many business owners as they hope to put the pandemic well and truly behind them and plan for a more positive future and ways to grow their businesses following the impact of covid. Raising finance will undoubtedly be at the top of most agendas with asset-based lending viewed as one of the
We start the year off with a few helpful hints to ensure your business is in the best shape for whatever 2022 throws at the commercial world. Omicron might turn out to have been over-egged, but there could also be more troublesome variants down the track. Supply chains may or may not return to normal and high inflation may turn
Consumer price inflation hit 4.2% in October, its highest level for a decade, and will go higher as we head in 2022. For pandemic-pressed businesses, the inflation reality is far worse. Their input costs are soaring by unprecedented double-digit figures, while labour rates are rapidly being pushed higher by shortages right across the UK economy. The question for businesses is
The residential care system looks after over 400,000 of the UK’s most vulnerable people. There are some 5,500 care providers, operating over 11,000 care homes. 41% of residents pay their own fees (self-funders), 49% are paid for in part or totally by local authorities and the remaining 10% are funded by the NHS. The residential care system, as well as
