Month: July 2026

Most small business owners have their routine. They check their bank account, then their accounting software. Then they try to remember which transactions they’ve categorised, which invoices still need raising, and whether that VAT return is actually due when they think it is.  Your customers are going through this right now and if your product isn’t solving it, they’ll move to one that is. Because the solution exists.  Their bank has the transaction info, receipts may live … [Read more…]

Payroll fraud prevention is one of the most overlooked disciplines in UK business finance. Not because organisations don’t take fraud seriously, but because payroll fraud rarely looks like fraud when it starts. It looks like a small discrepancy. An approved overtime entry that seems slightly high. A pay rate that changed without a clear record … [Read more…]

Through a growing network of 36 fitness and community programmes, Club Doncaster Foundation is changing lives in a town that has historically faced some of the most persistent health inequalities in the country. From tackling physical inactivity to addressing social isolation and mental health, the Foundation demonstrates what a football club’s infrastructure can achieve when … [Read more…]

Every summer, the same thing happens. Multiple people request the same week. The person who manages the rota, whether that’s HR, the office manager or a line manager doing their best with a spreadsheet, ends up in the middle of a conversation nobody wants to have. The problem isn’t usually that employees are difficult or … [Read more…]

Key takeaways Multifactor authentication (MFA) is being added to all HMRC agent accounts during 2026. Early opt-in activation is possible, or you can wait until it’s switched on for all accounts in later 2026. Web sign-in for your agent services account (ASA) and online services account (OSA) are affected, but not things like sign-in for … [Read more…]

When the rota works, nobody notices. When it doesn’t, everyone does. June is when the summer staffing problem tends to surface. School holiday dates are now fixed. Employees are starting to book flights. And the manager responsible for the staff rota is realising they haven’t set up the framework to handle what’s coming. A summer … [Read more…]

Key Takeaways The first quarterly update under Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is due by 7 August 2026. If you run multiple businesses then you will need to supply a quarterly update for each. The month-long window for quarterly update submission opened for taxpayers on 25 June, at the earliest, although for most taxpayers … [Read more…]

It’s the last week of May. The holiday requests are already coming in: two people want the same week in August, someone’s put in for half-term in October and your office manager has just forwarded an email asking about the bank holidays. You open the holiday planner. There are three versions of it. One says … [Read more…]

Making Tax Digital (MTD) was first announced back in 2015, with Income Tax the first planned inclusion. History shows things didn’t run quite to plan. But now, here we are over a decade later: the clock is ticking down to 7 August, the first-ever quarterly update deadline for Income Tax. For most accountancy or bookkeeping … [Read more…]

The ability to hire talent from anywhere in the world can give your business a competitive advantage, but it also comes with navigating local regulations and tax laws. As with any employee, it’s vital to ensure you’re paying your international employees accurately and on time every payroll cycle.  Performing payroll across borders might seem daunting, … [Read more…]