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£70,000 fine for one-day late VAT return

With the VAT tribunal recently fining a company £70,000 for paying its VAT bill just one day late, accountants James Cowper Kreston ...

James Cowper Kreston strengthens Thames Valley Private Client Tax and Rural Business Services team

James Cowper Kreston has strengthened its Private Client Tax and Rural Business Services team with the appointment of Penny Bowen.

James Cowper Kreston’s Steve Clarke elected to Board of global accountancy network

James Cowper Kreston’s Steve Clarke has been reelected to the Board of Kreston International, the global accountancy network.

R3 – the trade body for Insolvency Professionals

Personal insolvency rates drop across most of the Thames Valley

James Cowper Kreston’s Tom Russell shortlisted for top insolvency award

James Cowper Kreston’s Tom Russell has been shortlisted for the prestigious Insolvency Manager of the Year Award at the annual Insolvency and ...

George Osborne gives Britain a pay rise

July Budget 2015 commentary from Thames Valley accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston.

James Cowper Kreston advise Growth Capital Partners on investment into FLYdocs

Thames Valley and South Coast accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston has advised independent private equity company Growth Capital Partners LLP ...

James Cowper Kreston advise Specialist Tours on its sale to Kings Park Capital

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance has advised Specialist Tours Limited on its disposal to Kings Park Capital LLP - a private equity ...

James Cowper Kreston strengthens VAT team

Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston has strengthened its specialist VAT team with the appointment of VAT manager Nigel ...

HMRC galloping after horsebox owners, warns James Cowper Kreston

HMRC is stepping up its long-running campaign against tax evasion, focusing now on individuals and businesses owning horseboxes.

James Cowper Kreston apprentice named

Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston apprentice Hannah Hunter-Flack has this week been named "Apprentice of the Year" at ...

A fair deal for owner-managed SME businesses, says James Cowper Kreston

Businesses and their advisers across the South East are calling for a fairer deal from the next government.

George Osborne listens to accountants James Cowper Kreston and Thames Valley businesses

Budget 2015 commentary from Thames Valley accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston.

Opportunity to acquire a Pre-Revenue Financial Technology Company (London)

Buying from administrators - a risky business

Despite evidence to the contrary, the impression persists in some quarters that if you buy a business or assets from an administrator ...

James Cowper rebrands as James Cowper Kreston

James Cowper has today announced that it is to rebrand as James Cowper Kreston, adopting the Kreston global accountancy network name.

Changes to Personal Insolvency Regime

Businesses dealing with consumer credit should be aware that on 15 January 2015, the Government announced plans to provide easier access to ...

New Year VAT rules will leave businesses ‘unAppy’, warns accountants James Cowper Kreston

Complex new VAT rules introduced by the EU will leave businesses creating and selling online subscription services and Apps directly to consumers ...