July 2018 - AA Accountants

Health & Safety Liability – Can Employees Do Silly Things?

Shaz Nawaz
July 23, 2018
5 min read

As we all know, as employers we have a duty to safeguard the Health & Safety of our employees in the working environment. This includes not only providing the appropriate equipment, risk assessments and safety measures but also ensuring that employees receive the correct training. So what happens if, having carried out all the above, […]

Close Up and Start Again?

Shaz Nawaz
July 16, 2018
4 min read

One of the big attractions to running your business as a limited company has always been the idea that if things go wrong you can just shut down that company and start up again as a new company. Is this still true? Well, there are now one or two problems: Let’s say that none of […]

Use an Electric Car

Shaz Nawaz
July 16, 2018
4 min read

We all hear a lot these days about being environmentally-friendly and one of the ways in which you can help is by running an electric car – even if you just use this as a ‘second car’. Before you dismiss the idea, just bear in mind that these are getting better all the time. True, […]

Keep It Simple

Shaz Nawaz
July 2, 2018
5 min read

The Kiss Principle – Keep it simple, stupid – is an acronym for design principles coined by the US Navy in 1960. The idea is that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated and that therefore simplicity should be a key concept with unnecessary complexity avoided. I’m not sure […]

Uniform Rate

Shaz Nawaz
July 2, 2018
6 min read

If you are required to wear a uniform to work, or use specialist protective clothing, or if as an employer you provide these for your workforce, then this is a tax-deductible expense. Here’s some of the main points to watch: As you can see, there are a number of traps for the unwary in claiming […]