The deadlines for paying your tax bill are usually: 31 January - for any tax you owe for the previous tax year (known as a balancing payment) and your first payment on account 31 July for your second payment on account Make sure you pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by the deadline. You’ll be charged interest and may have to pay a penalty if your payment is late. The time you need to allow...
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Success is built on dreams - but it won't happen by magic. So many people fail to reach their full potential, the main reason being that they just keep thinking and neglect to remember. "They need to do the doing!" Some thoughts: Success is 20% strategy - 80% doing. Work on the basis of "life is unfair and owes you nothing" - a great starting point. Are winners born or made - THEY ARE MADE...
Moneyworks Wales is a collaboration of 10 not-for-profit financial cooperatives, working together to build a brighter financial future for Welsh employees. Are you an employer who wants to improve staff financial wellbeing? Did you know that 1 in 4 workers say money worries have affected their ability to do their job? Moneyworks is designed to build financial wellbeing for employees – a vital part of their overall wellbeing, productivity and performance at work. Simple to...
Llwybrau. Wales, by Trails’ picks up from the success of Visit Wales’ previous five themes to date (Adventure, Legends, Sea, Discovery, Outdoors). There are many ways you can use trails to breathe new life into your activities, events, marketing materials and other areas of your business. In 2023 the year is all about: finding forgotten treasures embracing journeys of the senses making memories along pathways around attractions, activities, landscapes and coastlines From Monet (Amgueddfa Cymru)...
Businesses will be given an additional 2 years to apply new product safety marking. The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking has been introduced as part of the UK’s own robust regulatory framework. It shows that products comply with product safety regulations which are designed to protect consumers. However, given the difficult economic conditions the UK Government does not want to burden business with the requirement to meet the original (31 December 2022) deadline. The UK...
Make sure your business is prepared for the cold Winter months. Businesses, schools and buildings like community centres or places of worship are particularly vulnerable to burst pipes during the winter. Industrial estates or caravan park are also more like to have exposed pipes which can freeze and burst. They’re often empty for days, meaning a burst pipe, inside or outside the building going unnoticed and causing flooding and leaking huge amounts of water. As...
You must tell the Driving, Vehicle, and Licencing Agency (DVLA) if: you develop a ‘notifiable’ medical condition or disability a condition or disability has got worse since you got your licence Notifiable conditions are anything that could affect your ability to drive safely. They can include: diabetes or taking insulin syncope (fainting) heart conditions (including atrial fibrillation and pacemakers) sleep apnoea epilepsy strokes glaucoma You could be fined up to £1,000 if you do not...
The UK Government has announced details how people in Wales, Scotland and England without a direct relationship to a domestic energy supplier, including many care home residents and those living in park homes, will receive a £400 discount on their fuel bills through the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS Alternative Funding). Online applications will open in January for households in Wales, Scotland and England who are eligible for the £400 EBSS Alternative Funding...
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) have developed a series of guides to support professionals working with children and young people, with the aim of improving their financial wellbeing through good quality financial education. The guides aim to help local authorities and other children’s services staff, working with children and young people in vulnerable circumstances, embed opportunities for learning about money into the support they provide. They set out how financial wellbeing aligns with their...
Celebrating the Finance professionals of Wales, the Awards take place on 12 May 2023 at City Hall, Cardiff. Categories are: Chief Financial Officer/Finance Director of the Year Young Finance Director of the Year Financial Controller/Finance Manager of the Year Accountant of the Year Accounts Technician of the Year Rising Star of the Year Small Finance Team (up to 10 staff within the team) of the Year Medium/Large Finance Team (more than 11 staff within the...