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Budget: why the government should reform business rates
- Article
- 12 Nov 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The Chancellor should use this month’s Budget to push ahead with planned reforms of the “poorly designed” business rates system, says ICAEW.
Chart of the week: Retail sales in Great Britain
- Article
- 07 Nov 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Our chart this week breaks down the £529bn of sales made by retailers in England, Wales and Scotland in the year to September 2025.
Patent box companies encouraged to submit information
- Article
- 18 Sep 2025
- ICAEW Insights
HMRC says that companies making a patent box deduction should consider providing supporting information with their tax return to help avoid compliance checks and speed-up any tax repayments due.
Review supply chains for mini umbrella companies, says HMRC
- Article
- 15 Sep 2025
- ICAEW Insights
HMRC is writing to employment businesses and recruitment agencies to ask them to check for and remove any mini umbrella companies (MUCs) from their supply chains.
Businesses to benefit from rates reforms, says government
- Article
- 12 Sep 2025
- ICAEW Insights
The government has announced that it will explore options for reforming business rates, including overhauling small business rates relief to make it easier for smaller businesses to invest and grow.
New in the M&S Foodhall: a VAT dilemma
- Article
- 30 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
M&S’s new Strawberries & Creme Sandwich, inspired by the viral Japanese fruit sando, is dividing opinions on taste, and VAT treatment. We consider if the latest summer must-have is a sandwich, confectionery or a cake and what this means for VAT.
Accountant turns her passion for fashion into a business
- Article
- 27 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
How does a partner at RSM UK successfully run a boutique on the side? Jacqui Baker shares the networks, mindset and digital tools that make it work.
Proposals to boost SME overseas e-commerce unveiled
- Article
- 25 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Better access to finance, more advice on exporting and action on counterfeiters are needed to boost SME contribution to UK goods exports, advises the E-Commerce Trade Commission.
E-commerce: how this brand hit £20m sales in three years
- Article
- 23 Jun 2025
- ICAEW Insights
Sales at nutritional supplements company Ancient + Brave exploded from £1m in 2022 to £20m last year. In this E-commerce Week, and with eyes on the US market, CFO Carl Moore explains how online sales have been the foundation of its meteoric success.
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Retailers rush to the tariff war room, but wait to see what comes next
- Article
- 07 Apr 2025
- Evan Clark, Jean Palmieri
Article on the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on the fashion industry. Retailers and brands are closely monitoring developments amid ongoing uncertainty around how the trade war will play out. With concerns about the potential impact on the economy and consumer behaviour, the imposition of tariffs has the potential to significantly reshape business strategies, affecting both luxury goods and price-sensitive products.
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