Langricks Chartered Accountancy in Wilmslow has stepped into the breach for hospitality client Top Table to maintain day to day financial cover after an employee left suddenly and help find a suitable replacement.Annette Glynn, who owns Top Table, the bespoke catering, wedding and events business based in Altrincham, called on the Langricks team to make up the numbers […]
Langricks advises employers on how to keep employees on track. The government introduced automatic enrolment in 2012 to help employees get the retirement they want. Since then, millions of employees, and their employers, have begun saving into a workplace pension. The next step is for the minimum amount paid towards a workplace pension – by an employer […]
Personal tax returns for the year to 5 April 2018 need to be filed by 31 January 2019. The final tax payment for this tax year plus 50% of the payment on account in advance on the 5 April 2019 tax return will also need to be paid by 31 January 2019. A change in […]
Chris Langrick has been talking to schoolchildren on the DebtAware’s Money Skills for Life education programme about festive budgeting and found staggering levels of good sense! We have made it a priority this year to support efforts by money education charity DebtAware and others to improve financial literacy in the young. In a recent initiative […]
Chris Langrick reflects on the findings of the recent Fin Cap Talk Money Week 2018 and the challenges of delivering consistent learning in schools Talk Money Week (formerly Financial Capability Week) is the annual celebration of the work thousands of organisations are doing to improve money management across the UK. It is an annual event […]
We have recently appointed Chartered Accountant Chris Howells as Assistant Manager.Chris, 24, will be responsible for providing clients with regular and end of year financial management information to help them grow and develop their businesses. Chris joins a growing team at Langricks. The firm now has nine people based in its Wilmslow town centre offices […]
Director Chris Langrick talks about the benefits of automating basic process through AI, but says clients will still need strategic advice from accountants. AI systems can be very powerful and are improving quickly. So says a recent report from accountancy trade body the ICAEW who included as part of its fact find on the impact […]
While the government makes its latest tweaks to its Apprenticeship Levy, pledging more support and calling for employers to offer genuine jobs, skills development and good supervision, Langricks is quietly getting on with creating long-term opportunities for apprentices. Here’s George’s story… Junior Associate George Yates, 20, joined Langricks as an apprentice 18 months ago, and […]
Mike Bowker, Director at Langricks, has this cautionary tale to share about fraudsters contacting businesses pretending to be from the HMRC. Make sure you are not their next victim: On another day our motor industry client might have been swindled out of £9K, but when this call came in I was already speaking to him […]
Seventeen teams of golfers took part in a successful first Charity Golf Day event for chartered accountancy firm Langricks at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield and raised over £3000 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 […]
Langricks Chartered Accountants in Wilmslow has offered career opportunities to several young professionals and are now being rewarded as they see them working well towards the Chartered Accounting qualification. The nurturing of young talent at the firm comes at a time of increased demand for financial and accountancy professionals and a marked lack of available […]
Wilmslow-based chartered accountants Langricks have teamed up with national education charity DebtAware to give more children a better understanding of finances at a younger age. Money skills are not routinely taught in primary schools, but this is the best age for behaviours to change and for children to start understanding the meaning of money, according […]
For every quick growth success story in the tech sector there are numerous failures with cash flow and under-capitalisation cited as key challenges. Chartered Accountant Chris Langrick talks about the importance of robust business planning, HMRC schemes and funding options to allow ideas to flourish There has never been a better time to be a […]
Wilmslow-based international shipping and freight forwarding business Banks & Lloyd has gone local for professional accountancy services and appointed neighbouring business Langricks. The decision follows the successful completion of a management buyout last year, led by Managing Director Vincent Verzijl and the need for a fresh accountancy perspective to support an exciting new era for […]
Chris Langrick FCA, Director at Langricks Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers, says recent naming and shaming of big companies for technicalities around how minimum wage is applied is a tough gig for the leisure sector. You may have read in the media over recent weeks about some large companies, particularly in the leisure sector, being […]
Cash is king is a phrase that most business owners will have heard of. The recent demise of Carillion highlights this on several levels – primarily for them as a company as the executive team were unable to secure additional financial support, but more importantly for the many suppliers who will now be feeling the […]
Andrew Milnes has come on board as a non-executive Director to help develop and improve the business, after owning and growing Hurst Accountants – a similar independent accountancy company – to a top 100 firm, now operating out of offices in Manchester and Stockport. Mike Bowker has been appointed to Director from Associate Director to boost day to […]
The deadline for filing paper tax returns for the year April 2016 to April 2017 is 31 October 2017. However if you received a notice to file a tax return after 31 July 2017 then you must do so within three months of the notice’s date of issue. If you do not get chance to file […]
The deadline for filing paper tax returns for the year April 2016 to April 2017 is 31 October 2017. However if you received a notice to file a tax return after 31 July 2017 then you must do so within three months of the notice’s date of issue. If you don’t get chance to file your […]
Among the welcome announcements in the Spring Budget was the delay in requiring sole traders, partnerships and landlords to report income and expenses quarterly to HMRC under the Making Tax Digital initiative. The delay of one year from April 2018 to 2019 affects a large number of small businesses and landlords with annual turnover below […]