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22 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub It does not take much for a UK business to become an international business. You might start selling to a customer in Germany, have a supplier in Türkiye, move yourself abroad for a few months, employ someone overseas, or set up a …
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16 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub If your business is based outside the UK but you regularly spend money here, you may have noticed that UK VAT can quickly add up. Perhaps you have travelled to London for a trade show, paid for hotels and …
13 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub International business does not always look particularly international anymore. You might run a consultancy from home and have a customer in Dubai. Your small software company might use developers in Pakistan and sell to businesses in India. Perhaps you buy products from …
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9 September 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – The Accounting Hub Selling to the UK can start quite casually. Perhaps you make clothing in Turkey and have received your first British orders through your website. Maybe you sell jewellery, homeware or specialist products online, or you are thinking about keeping …
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7 August 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – Blog If you’ve ever worked with an accountant, there’s a good chance you’ve asked yourself this question. You’ve spent an evening downloading bank statements, searching for invoices and digging out old receipts. You’ve replied to emails, uploaded documents and finally reached the point where you think …
15 July 2026 – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – Blog Running a business is busy enough When you first start working for yourself, keeping things simple often feels like the easiest option. You buy materials with the same bank card you use for your weekly shopping. You pay for fuel on …
How to Borrow Safely in the UK 1 July – written by Steffen Kemmerzehl – Friendly Assist Accountancy – Blog When most people hear the words loan shark, they imagine organised crime, large sums of cash and scenes from television dramas. The reality is often very different. Many illegal lenders look just like ordinary people. …
by Steffen Kemmerzehl – The Accounting Hub A lot of business owners stick with the same accountant for years without really thinking about it. Others manage everything themselves because that’s what they’ve always done. Neither is automatically wrong. But things change over time, and it’s worth occasionally asking a simple question: Is this still working …
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by Steffen Kemmerzehl – The Accounting Hub The government has now confirmed that significant Companies House accounts filing reforms will take effect from 1 April 2028, following the implementation of measures contained within the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Act 2023. While many business owners were expecting these changes to arrive in 2027, the …
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by Steffen Kemmerzehl, MAAT, AATQB – The Accounting Hub Many UK contractors and subcontractors working in construction are already within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), but still aren’t fully clear on how it actually works in day-to-day practice. A small building company paying subcontracted electricians. A self-employed plasterer working across multiple sites. A scaffolder moving …