http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk en-us Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:54:21 +0100 Rocketspark http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/11885/fourword-thinking-podcast/ We are proud to have featured as a guest on the FourWord Thinking podcast, talking about sustainability in small business and other things sustainable. Hopefully to inspire more business owners to make positive changes towards people, planet and the community. Remember the world doesn't need a few perfect eco-warriors, we need millions of us doing a more to have a bigger collective impact. Happy listening :-) Fourwordpocast ... Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:18:13 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post11885 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/10349/Coronavirus--Help-for-Business-Owners/ This page is intended as a central resource for our clients and any other business owners who need help in these constantly changing days we find ourselves in. Physical distancing First and foremost is the safety of you and your family and everyone you come in contact with.  Please follow the physical distancing rules (we don't like the term social distancing). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people/guidance-on-social-dis... Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:29:53 +0000 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post10349 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/8181/To-Plant-1-Million-Trees/ For a while now I have been keen to start giving from our business. We are passionate about being kind to the planet and our people but want to take this a step further and start supporting causes.  Rather than make the occasional donation to charities I want to take this to the next step and embed this into my day to day business processes. In particularly we want to align our impact to the UN Global Goals. My intention was always to kick this off after the Business For Good Conferenc... Sat, 04 May 2019 14:13:20 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post8181 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6593/Exciting-news-from-Receipt-Bankno-more-logging-to-download-invoices/ ... Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:56:17 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6593 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6594/How-to-delegate-paying-suppliers/ As your business grows you may have found that keeping control of who needs paying and dealing with invoices and payments has become too time consuming. The natural next step is to delegate this to a member of staff, a bookkeeper or accountant. But this does come with risks so you need to understand how to control those risks Rule number 1 – two sets of eyes.  There is a simple rule used in big business who have a finance team – there must always been two sets of eyes on every transacti... Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6594 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6595/Combining-commerce-and-charity/ Recently I was fortunate to be able to view the newly built Social Bite village for the homeless in Granton, Edinburgh.  As I move my business from a commercial venture to a business that supports charity through commercial activity I was really impressed by what Social Bite have achieve.  I will leave the pros and cons of the aims of the village to the experts but what really struck me was the financial gravitas of what Social bite have done.  Edinburgh Council currently pay £47... Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6595 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6755/Give-to-charity-AND-save-tax/ Giving to charity is not only good for charities but, done the right way, it can also save your company corporation tax. As we go through the journey of having more social impact we thought we would share our findings on how you can support charities and save corporation tax. (Please note this article is relevant for UK Limited Liability companies and not Sole Traders, Partnerships or LLPs.) Charitable Donations to Registered UK Charities Under HMRC rules donations to registered UK Charitie... Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6755 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6757/Higher-rate-flat-rate-VAT-if-you-don-t-buy-physical-goods/ Are you ready for the changes to the flat rate scheme? Do you spend a low amount on goods and use the flat rate scheme?  If so you may need to pay the new 16.5% rate when the changes to the VAT flat rate scheme come into force on 1 April 2017. To check if you need to pay the higher rate you need to look at your accounts, every time you do a return, and work out if the amount you spend on goods(including VAT) is; Less than than 2%of VAT inclusive turnoverMore than 2% of VAT inclusive tu... Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6757 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6758/Don-t-let-HMRC-spoil-your-partyKnow-what-you-can-put-through-your-business/ Are you feeling generous this year and wanting to give you customers and clients gifts, or even throw them a party?  HMRC may not be as generous as you think. People often ask what tax allowance is available for Christmas parties. We thought this is a good time to remind you of what HMRC will allow you to put through your business for gifts and parties. Client Gifts You can give a gift up to £50 per person a year if it is a business gift. It must have an obvious advertisement on the gift a... Fri, 25 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6758 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/post/6759/Getting-into-good-money-habitsHow-habits-have-changed-my-world/ This week we ran a mini workshop for West Lothian Women in Business with Helen of HM Coaching. One of the topics of discussion was getting into good money habits for keeping on top of your finances. Throughout my life I have realised the importance of habits.  Just after I got married 14 years ago I was fed up with my weight. I had always been a healthy size but my weight had gone up to a a few dress sizes and I felt uncomfortable in my skin.  When my clothes started getting tight... Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.gregoryaccounting.co.uk/blog/#post6759