The Tech Nation Report 2021 from TechUK, which looked at the state of play for the UK’s tech sector, showed another year of strong growth, even in these challenging times. In fact, it raised the third highest amount of venture capital investment in the world (behind only the US and China). The IT sector in […]
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Clients often ask us when the best time of the year is to launch a new business and our answer will usually be February or March. According to a report by Aldermore Future Attitudes, UK small businesses launched in spring tend to ‘triumph over’ companies created during other seasons. From an aspirational point of view, […]
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As we mentioned in the run-up to Christmas, we’ve made the decision to support Myaware as our ‘charity of choice’ in 2022. This is the first time we’ve chosen a charity to focus on in this way at Lewis & Co. We are looking forward to working closely with the charity and will be coming […]
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Here at Lewis & Co, we are proud to provide our accountancy services to a number of firms working within other professional services, including financial advisers, mortgage advisers, business consultants and small legal practices. As a professional services firm ourselves, we understand the issues which these types of firms face when running their business and […]
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Here at Lewis & Co, we count a number of retailers among our clients, including the Southborough Computer Centre and Chests & Drawers, on our doorstep here in Kent. Across the South East, we also support retailers including a bridal shop and a couple of hardware stores. We know that many of them have had […]
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As we are entering the traditional Christmas party season, many businesses are looking forward to holding an in-person festive get-together for the first time in a couple of years. As we live in ever-changing times, there are worries that some of these may yet go ahead but the hopes are that they will. There are […]
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At this time of the year, accountants talk a lot about the Self-Assessment tax deadline of 31 January and we would, of course, very much encourage our clients to get everything over to us in good time, as there are usually some questions which need answering. At this time of the year, there’s another deadline […]
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Our message here at Lewis & Co is always that if you’re running your own business or working for yourself, that’s time-consuming enough, so we’re here to take away the burden of doing accounts and tax-related activities for you. While some of our clients have been less busy though over the past 18 months, we […]
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According to figures from the Bank of England, a typical household in the UK spends just over £2,500 in a month. In the run up to Christmas, though, our spending habits change and, in December, we pay out, on average, almost £740 more, which is 29% up on a typical month. According to a recent […]
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Having been pushed back a couple of times, the reverse charge was introduced on 1 March this year. It is a mechanism that only affects VAT registered businesses and those involved in the supply of building and construction services. Reverse charge has been introduced by the Government to tackle VAT fraud in the construction industry […]
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