SSP Self-Certification Period Temporarily Extended To 28 Days

Under normal circumstances, employees can self-certify absences through sickness for the first seven days ...

HMRC Waives Late Filing And Late Payment Penalties

Good news from HMRC recently. Self-assessment taxpayers will be given another month to file their tax returns ...

What If Your Employees Can't Work From Home?

Many businesses have been affected by the recent announcement from the Prime Minister to work from home ...

The Next Self-Assessment Tax Payment Is Looming

For anyone who needs to submit a tax return, the next payment is due on the 31st of January 2022 ...

Why Blogging Is A Must For Any Small Business

Essendon has been blogging for a number of years and it has brought in enquiries that we wouldn't have received ...

HMRC: Be Aware Of Self-Assessment Scams!

With the run-up to the 31st January filing deadline, HMRC has issued a reminder to be aware of self-assessment scams ...

Chancellor Announces Business Support In The Face Of Omicron

Any small or medium-sized business can now claim from the Government to cover any Statutory Sick Pay ...

Essendon Accounts: Christmas 2021 Opening Hours

With only a few days to go, we're all looking forward to a well-deserved break over the Christmas holiday ...

Where Can I Save Tax In My Business?

Business parks and hotel car parks are beginning to fill up with electric vehicles across the United Kingdom ...

What Taxpayers Should Do When HMRC Visits Unannounced

HMRC has adopted a softer approach to tax debt collection during the pandemic, although this is changing ...

It's Just 12 Working Days Until Christmas!

We're all on the countdown to Christmas, and from a business point of view, there are only 12 workings days left ...

Filing Accounts For A Dormant Limited Company

The total number of companies registered with Companies House was 4,716,126 as of the end of March 2021 ...

A Short Budget Summary To Round-Off November

The Autumn Budget 2021 was announced by Rishi Sunak on the 27th of October. It includes many reforms ...

Shareholders' Agreement: Why Have One?

For a limited company, a shareholders' agreement is the equivalent of a partnership agreement ...

Everything You Need To Know About Electric Cars

Employers providing electric cars to employees is quite the talking point right now so a bit of a Q&A will be useful ...

When Is A Business Not A Business?

It is an accepted fact that a business must have regular transactions to be VAT registered and eligible to recover VAT ...

The Royal Mint Will Extract Gold From Old Phones

The Royal Mint announced they were going to introduce a recycling program to extract gold from electronic waste ...

Climate Change: The Basics Of Getting Started For Businesses

With climate change all over the news, I thought I'd take a look at how businesses can reduce their emissions ...