COVID-19: Support for UK Businesses

Support for businesses who are paying sick pay to employees: The Government will pass legislation shortly to allow small and medium-sized businesses and employers to reclaim Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) paid for sickness absence due to COVID-19. The eligibility criteria...

Businesses and COVID-19

With a steep increase in the COVID-19 cases, and the UK potentially headed towards total lockdown, how can you ensure that your business continues to operate in these rare and unpredictable times? Acceptance First of all, and perhaps most importantly, you need to...

Smith Butler is now a Xero Platinum Partner

If you are a long term reader or client, you may remember our previous announcements that we had been awarded Xero Gold Partner status. Well, 2019 ended on a high for us as we received the memorable news that Smith Butler has now achieved Xero Platinum Partner Status!...

Getting Ahead with Self-Assessment

Now that it’s December it seems as if everyone is on the countdown to Christmas and the New Year. With office parties, client lunches and prepping for the extended break, the more mundane tasks can get pushed to the back of the list, not least preparing for the...

Technology and the Accountant

The end of this month was supposed to see a follow up to our previous Getting Ready for Brexit post, but yet another surprise turn now sees Brexit on pause and the UK going to the polls in December. With the announcement just out, and no clear policies on which...

Brexit Planning: Our Key Areas

As we await the response from the EU to the most recent Brexit withdrawal plan, just how prepared is your business? New statistics out reveal that only one fifth of small business have a ‘no deal’ plan in place, with the average spending £3,000 on their Brexit...