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Following the stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many businesses and households are under extreme pressure from rising inflation rates and soaring energy prices.

Promoting workplace diversity and inclusion is an important factor when running a business. Creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for employees goes a long way to helping workers achieve their potential and only serves to add value to a company.

With a registration deadline looming, and urgent action needed, check now: could the Trust Registration Service (TRS) impact you?

What comes next for capital allowances? The enhanced Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) and super-deduction come to an end on 31 March 2023 and the government is discussing the next step, prior to the Autumn Budget.

Payments received under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme are free of tax. Legislation setting this out will be included in the next Finance Bill, with retrospective effect from the date of payment.

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is one of four venture capital schemes designed to allow certain types of small, higher-risk, unquoted trading companies to raise capital.

HMRC issues £14 million in penalties for minimum wage offences and FSB finds one in three business owners suffered COVID-related mental health decline.

HMRC is still reviewing claims made for financial support during the pandemic.

What happens if you own shares that have become all but worthless – say you bought shares at the start of the pandemic, and their value has plummeted?

‘All I know is I’ve put in an amount of money… but how they come to that figure, no idea.’

National Insurance contributions (NICs) rose in April 2022, but the latest swing of the pendulum brings better news: an increase in the amount that can be earned before NICs are due.

A few reminders for your diary…