Resources

 Podcast

28th Jan 2025

Episode 69: Revolutionising business finance with ViFi

In this episode of The Streets Sessions we talk to Ben Steele, Managing Director of Streets Steele, about ViFi - the new cutting-edge virtual finance service designed to transform how SMEs manage their finances.In conversation with Ben, we discover the inspiration behind ViFi and learn how it delivers ...

  Articles

28th Jan 2025

Ghosting is not just a dating phenomenon

The term ghosting is widely known or referred to in the world of dating, when a person suddenly or unexpectedly experiences an end to ...

  Guides

28th Jan 2025

SmartMoney - January/February 2025

Read SmartMoney - January/February 2025 resource.

  Podcast

18th Dec 2024

Episode 68: Freckleface – the sweet smell of success at the Family Business Awards 2024

In this episode of The Streets Sessions we talk to Tara Carlile Swift, founder of Freckleface – a home fragrance company and winner of ...

Resources

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Inheritance Tax

Inheritance Tax (IHT) - This factsheet covers IHT reliefs, Main Residence Nil-rate band, giving assets away, wills, trusts, living abroad and double taxation treaties.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Extracting Company Profits

Extracting Company Profits - This factsheet covers the best way to extract funds from a company, taking a salary, tax-free benefits, dividends, interest on monies loaned, receiving rents for personal assets and the best overall extraction strategy.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Corporation Tax

Corporation Tax - This factsheet covers who pays Corporation Tax, filing tax returns, calculating your CT bill, rates of CT payable, what accounting records do you need to keep and for how long, CT reliefs available, submitting late returns and unpaid loans to directors/shareholders.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Annual Investment Allowance

Annual Investment Allowance - This factsheet covers what AIA is, claiming AIA and selling the underlying asset, reducing your AIA claim, when is AIA not available, investment decisions and other issues to consider.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Cash basis accounting for tax

Cash basis accounting for tax - This factsheet covers when the cash basis may not be suitable for your business, who can and can't use the cash basis, recording income and expenses, VAT registered businesses and micro-sized businesses.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Basic tax planning

Basic tax planning - This factsheet covers why tax planning is adviseable, what does it involve and who will benefit, why one size to fit all does not work and planning to save tax.

 Factsheets

27th Feb 2024

Business Structure

Business Structure - This factsheet covers business risks, sole traders, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, companies limited by guarantee and limited companies.

 Podcast

2nd Feb 2024

Episode 57: More than pedal power for start-up loans

In this episode of The Streets Sessions, we talk to Michelle Stewart, Director of Operations for NWES enterprise agency, about the British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan Scheme. We also find out more about how the scheme can and has supported start up and early years businesses. In particular how it has helped ...

 Podcast

17th Jan 2024

Episode 56: Patch and the Colchester Business Awards

In this episode of The Streets Sessions, we talk to Jenna Saiz Abo Henriksen and Jordan Sidwell, founders of Patch, a plant led café and winner of the Colchester Business Awards 2023 - New Business of the Year. We find out more about this innovative and inspiring young ...