It is always important to take every tax break available to you as a business, corporately or personally, and never more so than now.  Capital Allowances is a term unfamiliar to many, yet it enables tax paying businesses to both claim historic expenditure and reduce tax payable now or even receive a tax refund.

On behalf of Mr Paul Mills and his family, DC Care is delighted to announce the recent successful sale of Bethany House and Bethany Lodge, located in the picturesque coastal village of Dymchurch, Kent.

Given the current unprecedented situation the country finds itself in and the uncertainty of the construction industry moving forward in the short to medium term, we are finding that a number of construction projects are shutting down.  It’s never an easy decision to ‘Suspend’ the works on a project and there are several contractual arrangements and best practice procedures that are required to be undertaken to correctly close a site down.  Failure to act and make sure a site has been shut down via the right process is a significant risk to both the Developer and its Funders.  ECY has the Surveyor resources to assist either a Developer or Funder throughout United Kingdom to ensure your site and major investment has been managed, de-risked and closed in the right way – protecting and future proofing. 

Here is the latest update from Royds Withy King on workforce issues arising from Covid19, specifically focusing on furlough leave. There is a lot of confusion about furlough leave particularly in regard to how it operates for health and social care providers so please do share it with your members and contacts in the sector.