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James Cowper Kreston advises City & County Healthcare on acquisition of the largest domiciliary care provider in the North East of England

// January

Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston client and private equity-backed company, City & County Healthcare Group, has acquired Comfort ...

Reading price rise risk after European consultation

17 January 2013

Head of VAT Services at accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston, Ruth Corkin, has warned against a change to end the ...

South East businesses warned on late VAT returns

17 January 2013

Businesses across the South East that have failed to submit VAT returns are being targeted by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this ...

Richard Warwick Flies South

15 January 2013

Richard Warwick, a senior manager in the Business Restructuring and Insolvency Team who many will know, embarks on a one year secondment ...

Opportunity to acquire Atraverda

8 January 2013

An opportunity has arisen to purchase the assets of Atraverda Limited. Details can be found on the below flyer.

EU Commission stops vital VAT exemption for universities

4 January 2013

A vital exemption on VAT for the business supply of research between eligible bodies such as universities and charities is set to ...

Atraverda files for administration

2 January 2013

Atraverda, the South Wales-based ceramic bipolar battery maker, filed notice of its intention to appoint James Cowper Kreston as administrators at the ...

Time to open the Patent Box, says accountants James Cowper Kreston

13 December 2012

Confirmed in the 2012 Budget, the Patent Box regime is set to have a major impact on technology and manufacturing businesses when ...

Autumn Statement comment from Thames Valley accountants James Cowper Kreston

6 December 2012

Thames Valley and South Coast accountants James Cowper Kreston comment on George Osborne’s 2012 Autumn Statement.

Floods set to cost Oxfordshire millions, says accountants James Cowper Kreston

30 November 2012

With thousands of homes under the threat of flooding and many already affected, homeowners and businesses are this week facing up to ...

UK Technology Survey 2012

13 November 2012

Thames Valley and south coast accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston is inviting technology sector firms and their advisers to take ...

South East firms face HMRC business checks in January

9 November 2012

HM Revenue and Customs has this week launched its re-designed Business Record Checks. Part of the Government’s strategy to close the tax ...

Does the digital age spell the demise of the business directory?

31 October 2012

The woes of Hibu plc (formerly Yell) are becoming rather public. Although cash generative, Hibu reported a pre-tax loss of £1.4bn ...

Successful sale of Technology Business

26 October 2012

James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance ('JCCF') recently advised on the sale of a technology company. The deal is not yet in ...

When it comes to a successful business sale, experience counts!

26 October 2012

The team at James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance make no claims to be experts in any particular business sector but we ...

Quiz-goers raise money for Southampton children’s charity

17 October 2012

Southampton accountants James Cowper Kreston have been raising funds for local children’s charity The Rose Road Association.

European Commission consults on far-reaching VAT increases

16 October 2012

The European Commission last week launched a consultation on reduced VAT rates that could result in increased VAT on energy, water, drugs ...

George Osborne’s owner-employee contracts not fit-for-purpose, says James Cowper Kreston

11 October 2012

Proposals for radical new owner-employee contracts announced this week by the Chancellor of the Exchequer risk being scrapped before they are off ...

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