Thousands of young people could have £2,200 sitting unclaimed in their Child Trust Fund account
According to HMRC, more than 670,000 young adults aged between 18 and 22 are yet to claim their Child Trust Fund worth an average of £2,212.
Leading Meteorologist to focus on climate change at farmers' evening
Leading meteorologist Chris Bell will be exploring the science and impacts of climate change on agriculture during the third joint Lovewell Blake/NFU Farmers’ Evening of 2024, which takes place at Halesworth Golf Club on Wednesday 6th November.
Start planning early to deal with the school fees VAT burden
The introduction of VAT on school fees in October’s Budget is one area where there is a good element of certainty, says Rob Geary, VAT specialist at Lovewell Blake.
Live-in B&B owners face potential budget tax bombshell
With most commentators predicting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will turn her attention to capital taxes in the forthcoming Budget, those who run a bed and breakfast from their own home face a complicated situation, says James Shipp of Lovewell Blake.
Hospitality businesses are facing a strict new set of regulations on how they handle tips and service charges from 1st October
Ever since media stories emerged in 2015 suggesting that some restaurant chains were making deductions from tips before passing them on to their staff, there has been political pressure to clarify the whole tipping and service charge situation.
Could you be missing out on State Pension payments?
Thousands of people are missing Home Responsibilities Protection from their NI record.
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
New company car advisory fuel rates have been published and took effect from 1 September 2024.
‘A step in the right direction’ towards monitoring the performance of workplace pensions
Stephen Metcalf of Lovewell Blake Financial Planning welcomes a new FCA framework which will assess the performance of workplace defined contribution pension schemes.