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Don’t let Self Assessment catch you off-guard!
|Date: 8 January, 2024

Don’t let Self Assessment catch you off-guard!
As January's Self Assessment tax deadline approaches, self-employed contractors and business owners in th ...
As January's Self Assessment tax deadline approaches, self-employed contractors and business owners in the UK construction industry face the critical task of preparing for their tax Self Assessment. O ...
8 January, 2024
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HMRC Self Assessment registration: Why sooner is better
|Date: 21 August, 2023

HMRC Self Assessment registration: Why sooner is better
HMRC explains why now is the time for construction professionals to check whether they need to submit a S ...
HMRC explains why now is the time for construction professionals to check whether they need to submit a Self Assessment tax return. The year is flying by and time is gradually running out for you to c ...
21 August, 2023
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Mental health in the construction industry
|Date: 28 July, 2022

Mental health in the construction industry
Mates in Mind is challenging the construction industry to start the conversation about mental health Last ...
Mates in Mind is challenging the construction industry to start the conversation about mental health Last year, early findings from our major study into the mental health of self-employed construction ...
28 July, 2022
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The mental health of construction workers
|Date: 22 June, 2022

The mental health of construction workers
In partnership with the IES and funded by a research grant from B&CE, we published the full report of ...
In partnership with the IES and funded by a research grant from B&CE, we published the full report of our findings looking at the mental health of self-employed construction workers and those work ...
22 June, 2022
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Construction ‘incredibly busy’ despite slight earnings dip
|Date: 2 August, 2021

Construction ‘incredibly busy’ despite slight earnings dip
Labour costs dipped slightly last month, according to the latest analysis of pay trends in the constructi ...
Labour costs dipped slightly last month, according to the latest analysis of pay trends in the construction industry. New payroll data from Hudson Contract show average earnings for self-employed trad ...
2 August, 2021
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Are taxes about to get simpler for the self-employed?
|Date: 29 July, 2021

Are taxes about to get simpler for the self-employed?
Tax Preparation Specialist Welcomes HMRC Changes to Tax Reporting Rules Tax reporting rules for the UK's ...
Tax Preparation Specialist Welcomes HMRC Changes to Tax Reporting Rules Tax reporting rules for the UK's self-employed workers are due to get simpler after HM Treasury announced reforms to the taxatio ...
29 July, 2021
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How to prepare for your tax return
|Date: 1 December, 2020

How to prepare for your tax return
With the countdown to self-assessment upon us, Mike Parkes, Technical Director at GoSimpleTax, explains h ...
With the countdown to self-assessment upon us, Mike Parkes, Technical Director at GoSimpleTax, explains how you can get your house in order. The days are shorter and the temperature’s dropped. It can ...
1 December, 2020
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How tradespeople can avoid being stung for tax they can’t afford
|Date: 25 November, 2020

How tradespeople can avoid being stung for tax they can’t afford
By Anish Mehta, UK Managing Partner at APARI If you're a self-employed tradesperson there are things you ...
By Anish Mehta, UK Managing Partner at APARI If you're a self-employed tradesperson there are things you can do now, before January's tax return deadline, to avoid being stung for tax you can't afford ...
25 November, 2020
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Show your support for self-employed tradespeople
|Date: 27 March, 2020

Show your support for self-employed tradespeople
A social media campaign is underway to encourage people to show their support for self-employed tradespeo ...
A social media campaign is underway to encourage people to show their support for self-employed tradespeople who are no longer working. Although Rishi Sunak's package of financial aid for the self-emp ...
27 March, 2020
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How to take the strain out of doing the books
|Date: 19 June, 2019

How to take the strain out of doing the books
Lee Murphy, founder of Pandle, shares his advice on good financial management for your business. Working ...
Lee Murphy, founder of Pandle, shares his advice on good financial management for your business. Working hard on site all day and then arriving home to do the books can be a chore that you want to lea ...
19 June, 2019
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Getting ahead on your tax return
|Date: 13 June, 2019

Getting ahead on your tax return
Mike Parkes, technical director at GoSimpleTax, looks at what you can be doing as a self-employed builder ...
Mike Parkes, technical director at GoSimpleTax, looks at what you can be doing as a self-employed builder between now and 31 January to ensure that you don’t become one of the thousands filing late an ...
13 June, 2019
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What can you do when a customer doesn’t pay?
|Date: 22 November, 2018

What can you do when a customer doesn’t pay?
Knowing your rights, and what you can do when a customer doesn’t pay, is really important – which is ...
Knowing your rights, and what you can do when a customer doesn’t pay, is really important – which is why Scruffs Workwear has launched its #PayWhatYouOwe campaign, as Chris Mellor-Dolma ...
22 November, 2018
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