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Published on: 20 March, 2012 - 13:57
Author: laurence
Posted in : Accounts, Blog Directory, MAGIC News
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Tags: Budget 2012, Chancellor George Osbourne's Budget, March 21st 2012 Budget, Preview Budget 2012

Prior to tomorrow’s much talked about Budget we thought we would try and share some pearls of wisdom and predictions that are being discussed through various media channels. So what has the chancellor already said? He made the following comments over the weekend: “What you will see on Wednesday is.

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Published on: 14 December, 2011 - 14:59
Author: Carol H
Posted in : Accounts, MAGIC News
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Tags: April 2012 VAT filing, HMRC

HRMC have recently told us that  next year is the year of mandatory online VAT filing.   Effective from 1st April 2012, it will become compulsory for VAT registered UK businesses to file their VAT return and make VAT payments electronically.

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Published on: 6 December, 2011 - 22:14
Author: Carol H
Posted in : Business News
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Tags: Autumn Statement 2011, business angels, Private equity, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, SEIS, venture capital

There was some good news for UK small business entrepreneurs in last week’s Autumn Statement.  It came in the form of the new Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) a new tax subsidised venture capital scheme.  The scheme recognises smaller firms and start-up businesses are facing really tough challenges trying to.

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Published on: 30 November, 2011 - 15:49
Author: Carol H
Posted in : MAGIC News
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Tags: Awards, MAGIC Accountants, Practice News

If you were to cast your mind back to July this year we mentioned being super excited to have been entered into our very first awards with the AccountingWEB UK Practice Excellence Award.

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Published on: 29 November, 2011 - 18:48
Author: Carol H
Posted in : MAGIC News
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Tags: Autumn Statement, mini budget, SME's

Chancellor George Osborne has today reported some grim economic news with gloomy predictions for the UK economy. He announced growth would stutter to under 1% over the next 2 years, much lower than previously predicted and the risk remains of the UK again sliding into a double dip recession with.

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Published on: 15 November, 2011 - 16:01
Author: Carol H
Posted in : Business News
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Tags: PFI, Private Finance Initiative

Chancellor George Osborne announced today the Government is set to reassess the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).  The review will be headed by the Treasury; whose objective is to come up with a new way to deliver public assets whilst gaining benefit from private sector expertise and to cut costs to the.

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Published on: 26 October, 2011 - 12:57
Author: Carol H
Posted in : Blog Directory, Business News
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Tags: email phishing

? Online hoaxers, pretending to be from HMRC are inundating taxpayers email in-boxes with fraudulent requests in a vile attempt to get their hands on your personal financial information. HMRC will be contacting millions of taxpayers about their PAYE tax bills over the coming months, they’ve warned of potential internet.

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Published on: 4 October, 2011 - 12:20
Author: Carol H
Posted in : Business News, MAGIC News
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Tags: credit easing

The CBI and other business groups have urged Chancellor George Osborne to advance his proposals to encourage economic growth; this comes after his speech at the Conservative Party conference. In an attempt to get more money to small and medium-sized businesses, the Chancellor has put forward the idea of the.

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