The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant

The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant

What better on a miserable dark, rainy day, than to be taken out, for what seems to be the final working lunch of 2018. As Ian and I were heading into the Cotswolds from different directions he suggested we meet at The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant, only a five...

The countdown to B-Day…

I have been trying to avoid using the ‘B’ word for some time…Brexit. I know, I know – if you are anything like me you are sick to the back teeth of hearing about it. At the time of writing we are just under seven months away from ‘B-Day’ and yet most of us have...
Blunsdon House Hotel

Blunsdon House Hotel

Well this is a first, lunch out with the senior partner to dine at one of our longest established clients, Blunsdon House Hotel, and I’ve planned my outfit well in advance, baggy dress with no belt as I know Dave is partial to a pudding so this may be a big working...
There’s light at the end of the tunnel

There’s light at the end of the tunnel

With all the summer holidays done and it’s finally starting to feel like autumn, my salad box lunches are out of the window! When Ian suggested a working lunch and that we head out further afield who was I to say no, especially at the promise of a glorious country...

HMRC win CIS Supreme Court case

Back in December I wrote about the workings of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and touched on the ability for a contractor to apply to HMRC for gross payment status, allowing a business operating within the construction industry to receive payments from its...

Research and development – not just light relief

R&D tax credits, originally introduced in 2000, can provide your small or medium-sized limited company with up to 130% in additional tax relief – an amount certainly not to be sniffed at! As the UK continues to strive to be a centre of innovation and technology,...