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  • 5 Top Tips For Effective Remote Working: From Self Care To Maintaining Productivity

    5 Top Tips For Effective Remote Working: From Self Care To Maintaining Productivity

    Working from home is great for maintaining work/life balance. It can also be hugely rewarding. If approached in the right way, it can result in increased productivity and well-being. But, the convenience of remote work can present some personal and professional challenges.

  • Different types of Business Loans

    Different types of Business Loans

    Growing a business requires capital investment. No matter the central focus to your business, and the sector it is in, this one fact remains true. Capital represents many things, from the obvious ability to employ additional staff, find suitable premises, or upgrade equipment to the more abstract, like freeing up your time to focus on…

  • Is your dog tax deductible?

    Is your dog tax deductible?

    Approximately 9.9 million adults in the UK own dogs, which is around 26% of UK adults. Dogs noses are wet to help them absorb scent chemicals, which they lick to sample. A bloodhound has such a good sense of smell that it can be used in a court of law. Three dogs even survived the…

  • Cash; Death or Evolution?

    Cash; Death or Evolution?

    Last year it was widely reported that more money was spent by consumers with retailers on card rather than cash transaction. A British Retail Consortium (BRC) survey showed that only £1 in every five spent in shops is in cash compared to credit, debit and store cards. Sweden is predicted to become cashless society by…

  • Top 5 SME Challenges in 2020

    Top 5 SME Challenges in 2020

    According to the Federation of Small Businesses there were 5.8 million small businesses operating at the start of 2019. These contribute significantly to the UK economy and at Black and White Accounting, we’re proud to be playing our part to support and help them flourish.

  • Pre-Year End Tax Planning Opportunities 2020

    Pre-Year End Tax Planning Opportunities 2020

    Are you being smart when it comes to taxes, by ensuring that you are taking full advantage of various allowances you could benefit from? If you are not sure, here are our top ten actions you should consider to reduce the amount of tax you will end up paying in the 2019/20 tax year.

  • How To Find An Accountant To Do Your Tax Return

    How To Find An Accountant To Do Your Tax Return

    Self assessment tax returns! Do those words bring on a headache? As we approach the winter months and the end of the year our thoughts may be turning to more exciting things than tax returns (psst! there only 11 weekends until Christmas!). However, now is a very good time to start thinking about filing your…

  • Tax Enquiries: No Need To Fear The Taxman!

    Tax Enquiries: No Need To Fear The Taxman!

    We all breathe a sigh of relief once our tax returns are filed on time, but what if that’s not the end of it? What if we are about to be targeted for Tax Enquiries!

  • How To Find A Great Accountant

    How To Find A Great Accountant

    You may think this article a little disingenuous, would you find an impartial post about finding an accountant on an accountancy company’s website? Well, I hope so. Because ultimately our job as accountants is to do the best for our clients, and therefore giving independent advice is essential.

  • 5 Common Accounting Mistakes I Would Like To See In Room 101!

    We’ve all read articles about common accounting mistakes, in fact there are so many out there you might expect everyone to be wise to these errors. But for one reason or another people still make them and therefore, at the risk of clogging up the Internet with even more dos and don’ts, here are the…