
Leading UK charity fundraising expert tells regional charities they need to diversify their sources of income
Charities need to diversify their fundraising streams to cope with a rapidly changing funding environment, with many traditional sources of income drying up – that was the advice given by one of the UK’s foremost charity fundraising specialists at a special webinar for the region’s charity trustees and managers.

Investment bonds – a flexible investment vehicle which falls outside capital gains tax
Chris Egmore of Lovewell Blake Financial Planning says that onshore investment bonds can be a tax-efficient and simple way of investing for the medium- to long-term

Increases in capital taxation to be 'front and centre' of forthcoming budget
Capital gains tax seems certain to be more onerous after the forthcoming Budget, says Mary Schofield.

Labours Employment Rights Bill
The Labour Party's proposed Employment Rights Bill is set to considerably change the UK's employment landscape with ambitious aims to strengthen workers' rights, reshape employment status definitions and create a fairer working environment.

IPSE calls for fairer off-payroll rules in Budget
The Chancellor should use her Autumn Budget to make off-payroll working rules 'fairer and more effective', according to the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE).

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.

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.
