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Welcome to the Friend and Grant blog area.

Here you will find all the latest news, views and helpful guides in relation to accountancy, taxation and running a business.

We hope you find the information we post interesting.

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17th Dec 2018
Keys to Success The Art of Delegation Friend & Grant Accountants

Keys to Success – The Art of Delegation

You know you should delegate but you don’t. Here are 3 ways to overcome the excuses as to why you don’t delegate.

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29th Nov 2018
Seven Ways to Grow your Business Friend & Grant Accountants

Seven Ways to Grow Your Business

We believe these are the seven ways to build a business. But thinking big, offering excellent customer experience and building real value in the business will help grow a small business into a great business.

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22nd Nov 2018
Probate Fees on the Increase What Can Be Done Friend & Grant Accountants

Probate Fees on the Increase – What Can Be Done?

You may have spotted in the press that the government has announced that probate fees will be changing from April 2019. You may recall there were similar, but even more drastic, proposals a couple of years ago but they were shelved when the snap election was announced in spring 2017.

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7th Nov 2018
Budget Report 2018 Friend & Grant Accountants

Budget Report 2018

This is our special budget report following the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget announcements. As previously announced, these were the main themes of the Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s third budget but what we were waiting to hear was where the extra money was going to come from? Had he found a “Magic Money Tree”, or would tax and...

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7th Nov 2018
The Power of Broke Creative Ways of Raising Finance Friend & Grant Accountants

The Power of Broke

Building a Business without cash means developing creative ways to promote a business. A lack of cash resulted in lots of creative way to build the businesses. From startups, through growing businesses to established businesses, there's example after example.

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31st Oct 2018
Probate Services Friend & Grant Accountants

We’re Licensed to Provide Probate Services

Benjamin Franklin once said ‘Nothing is certain except death and taxes’ and who could argue with that. Having been around for 25 years providing taxation advice (and accountancy, payroll, bookkeeping etc.) we are now officially launching our brand new probate service.

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23rd Oct 2018
Is My Big Mac Tax Deductible? Friend & Grant Accountants

Is My Big Mac Tax Deductible?

Subsistence is a big problem area in tax. Many clients incorrectly assume that if you are working and buy a lunch or grab a snack when re-fuelling the car or van that this is fine to claim against your tax bill.

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23rd Oct 2018
Don't Let the Taxman Ruin Your Day Out Friend & Grant Accountants

Don’t Let the Taxman Ruin Your Day Out!

Entertaining clients is a legitimate business expense and can be paid out of the business account. But, you will not be able to claim tax relief for the amounts spent nor can you claim back any VAT paid. But, if there is a sponsorship element to the expenditure then the position may be more favourable.

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23rd Oct 2018
Dragons Den Peter Jones Friend & Grant Accountants

When Andrew Grant met Peter Jones

Friend & Grant Meet Dragon’s Den Star Peter Jones We have all watched Dragons Den and are in awe of the big chap that sits quietly at the end of the row with his fancy socks. So when our Andrew Grant had an invitation for a fireside chat with Peter Jones, he jumped at the...

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