Business as usual In a bid to do our bit towards slowing the spread of the coronavirus we agreed with our team that they should work from home, with immediate effect. However we are keeping skeleton staff on reception. We know that now, more than ever, you may wish to speak to us about your business and […]
We recently blogged about the upcoming April 2020 rollout of the changes to IR35 rules for the private sector. However, last month the government announced that they are now reviewing these changes, let’s take a look at the latest developments. What is the April 2020 IR35 rollout? IR35 rules were first introduced in 2000 to tackle tax avoidance by […]
We are delighted that Lianne Upton has joined us as a new starter in 2020. Lianne joins us at manager level in our Wilmslow office, she will be responsible for a portfolio of clients assisting them with everything from tax and accounting compliance to bespoke financial modelling and forecasting. Lianne qualified as a chartered accountant at […]
The number of instances of fraud are on the increase and fraudsters are becoming more and more sophisticated. Here at Langricks we have seen real life examples of the following frauds and want to warn all office workers, employees, businesses owners of the latest scams catching people out: An email sent from a director An email […]
Pupils from Park Road Academy Primary school in Timperley are the first children in Cheshire to benefit from a pioneering money skills education programme from UK charity DebtAware. The inaugural Money Skills for Life lesson for nine and ten year olds kicked off at the school on Frieston Road last week, marking a milestone for the charity, and […]
Chris has recently been interviewed by Richard Hattersley from the AccountancyWeb team. Read the interview below and find out more about our recent acquisition and a day in the life of a busy accounting practice owner. This past summer Chris Langrick made a step towards achieving his ambition to chart on the top 100 accountancy league table by 2028. He […]
Assistant Manager/Manager Vacancy Langricks is a dynamic and rapidly growing accountancy practice with huge ambition. We are seeking a qualified ACA/ACCA accountant, with at least 2 year’s post-qualified experience, for our Holmfirth office, who is outgoing, willing to learn and keen to develop their career with a business moving forward at a pace, and who possesses strong communication skills to […]
Fourteen teams of golfers took part in a successful Charity Golf Day event for chartered accountancy firm Langricks at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield and raised £2500 to help money education for children. Langricks has made an ongoing commitment to DebtAware – the specialist education arm of the national Debt Advice Foundation – to raise funds to support a unique ‘Money Skills for Life’ […]
Major changes to the tax regime for gains made from the sale of residential property will take effect from April 2020. They will affect how and when you are required to report and pay capital gains tax, this change will mainly be relevant to residential landlords and second home owners. Current CGT deadlines Currently, capital gains […]
We are delighted to announce that after working in partnership for seven years, we have now formalised our ties with Michael Bell and Co to form a new enlarged practice ensuring succession for Michael’s clients and staff and allowing us to offer a wider range of services to all clients. Michael Bell set up his accountancy practice in Holmfirth, Huddersfield […]
This month the government will be considering responses to its policy paper and consultation – Off-payroll working rules from April 2020 – looking at how the reform to the rules should go forward within the private sector. Chartered Accountant Chris Langrick considers six steps companies should take to avoid confusion next year.The UK economy is increasingly reliant on […]
Three more schools from Bury have given pupils an opportunity to get savvy with money thanks to a new association with a pioneering financial education charity called DebtAware, supported, among others, by accountancy firm Langricks. Greenhill Primary, Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary and Hazelhurst Primary School have got on board with the charity’s unique ‘Money Skills for Life’ programme and […]
According the UK Hotels Forecast 2019 from PWC the rise in demand from leisure and business travellers has been good news for the hotel industry in recent years. So how to capitalise and when to invest? Chartered Accountant Chris Langrick, who specialises in advising the independent hotel sector, gives his thoughts on how to fund a capital […]
Did you know that we have entered the world of You Tube? We have been pulling together a series of videos reviewing some cloud-based accounting apps. Our very own in-house expert on apps, Chris Howells, has done the research and shares with you the advantages and disadvantages of a selection of apps designed to help […]
Mike Bowker, Partner at Langricks says not, but says the path to digitisation has been something of a shock to business owners. He talks here about the journey accountants are on with their clients to move tax reporting to a modern day platform. While Britain holds its breath on Brexit another seismic cultural shift is […]
There are tax changes set to come into effect in April, including an increase in the amount of money a person can earn before they start paying income tax. The personal allowance, currently at £11,850, rises to £12,500 as of April 6. The threshold for people paying a higher tax bracket will change from £46,350 […]
Amidst all the Brexit debates, the Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his second Spring Statement on Wednesday 13 March 2019. In his speech the Chancellor provided an update on the economy and responded to the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts. In addition he launched consultations on various aspects of the tax system together with updates on […]
This the second video we have launched to look into different apps on the market that are designed to help businesses with some of the common headaches they face. Last week we looked at an app called Receipt Bank. This week Chris is reviewing an app called Harvest: A lot of businesses we speak to, small, medium […]
Expenditure on research and development (R & D) undertaken by UK businesses is continuing to grow, according to the latest government bulletin, currently standing at £23.7 billion in 2017, an increase of 4.9% on the previous year. It is helped along by generous tax breaks which are available for innovative firms looking to make a breakthrough […]
With the explosion of cloud accounting software, the app market has been swift to follow suit. Today apps that sync effortlessly with cloud accounting software are making life easier for businesses, while saving them time and money in the process. But in a very cluttered marketplace which ones are the best to back and where […]