Author Archives: Vicki H Foster

Spring Budget 2020

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Following the UK’s departure from the EU, Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented the 2020 Budget against a backdrop of economic uncertainty caused by the spread of the coronavirus.

HB Accountants’ “Be Informed” Budget Summary provides you with an overview of the key announcements arising from the Chancellor’s speech. Measures for businesses include a capital gains tax reduction in the Entrepreneurs’ Relief lifetime limit from £10 million to £1 million, together with changes to Statutory Sick Pay for employees advised to self-isolate because of the coronavirus.

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What are the benefits of networking?

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Could it be time for you to get better connected and what are the benefits of networking? Throughout Hertfordshire, Essex and the surrounding areas you will find many fantastic businesses. Professional networking means you are going to meet more people and ultimately expand your network. You might be thinking “is the investment of my time and resources actually going to be worth it?” At HB, we believe that by taking advantage of networking events you can build genuine business relationships, which will have a positive impact on you and your business in the future.

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New Year Networking with HB Accountants

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HB Accountants Ladies Networking Lunch

Are you thinking that 2020 is the year that you should get better connected? Networking is one of the many opportunities to make new business contacts, get advice and swap tips and as a result (and because HB Accountants believe networking is fabulous for business) we organise a Ladies Networking Lunch every quarter.

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Team HB’s John celebrating his 50 years of Tax

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HB Accountants are proud to announce that our Tax Guru and Director John Neighbour is celebrating 50 years in Tax with The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) – we are wondering if there is has been a miscalculation… surely John can’t be a day over 50 himself!

What a fantastic achievement, congratulations John.

#taxguru #CIOT #celebrating #hbaccountants #hbahoddesdon #hoddesdon #notyourusualaccountants

If you would like any help with your personal or business tax, accounts, payroll or have any other questions, feel free to call Team HB on 01992 444466 or email directors@hbaccountants.co.uk – we will be happy to help.

The Ambition Conference 2019 – why you should be there in 2020

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Held at The Spotlight in Hoddesdon this fantastic event was initiated to inspire local businesses to grow and excel, attendees hit the 130+ mark. The result… a fantastic day! Read here why you & your sales or marketing team should be there in 2020.

MC for the event, Jeremy Nicholas took to the stage and introduced 6 fantastic speakers.

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Are you & your business taking action to prevent fraud?

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Recently Team HB’s Karen, Amy, Catherine, John and Vicki took part in the ‘Helping to Protect you from Fraud’ seminar run by Lloyds Bank to ensure we adhere to current best practice. Here we share details of the risks facing business today and provide Lloyds resources which set out the steps you can take to protect your organisation from fraud. Are you and your business taking action to prevent fraud?

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HB Accountants are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer

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HB Accountants are proud to announce that we are a Disability Confident Employer.

More and more businesses are signing up to Disability Confident every week. What does this mean to you as a business? The scheme helps your business think differently about disability and improve how to attract, recruit and retain disabled workers.

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Our charity – Teens Unite Fighting Cancer

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Our official charity this year is Teens Unite Fighting Cancer based in Broxbourne, which we’ve supported for several years. We’re thankful that many of our clients are equally enthusiastic about lending their support to this good cause. Since I joined the HB team earlier this year it’s been a delight to meet the founders of Teens Unite and learn more about the support they provide.

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