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In recent years, people have been forced to raise finance for their businesses in less conventional ways. The economic crisis has resulted in banks having much stricter requirements for approving loans. If a bank loan is out of the question, where do you turn? There are a number of alternative routes to raising finance, the […]

We explain all you need to know about how peer-to-peer lending works, what it is, the pros and cons and whether it’s for you.

Aston Shaw’s Tax Calculator App is available to download for FREE from the Apple iStore and Google play! This innovative app is jam-packed with useful features for any business owner. We understand that many of our clients are smartphone users, so keeping this in mind, we decided to create an app that will be both […]

*Featured In The EDP Norfolk Magazine* Buying To Let: Since the Conservative budget in July, an increasing number of clients have been asking me what the reduction in interest relief will mean for them. The reduction in mortgage interest relief is to be phased in over a four year years, so that from April 2017 […]

If you own your own business then you are probably aware of auto-enrolment and what it means for your business. If not, you really ought to be. The Pensions Regulator (from here on out TPR) has announced that it has made 1,021 £400 fixed-penalty notices between 1 October and and 31 December. In the previous […]

Recent news has come to light regarding the level of taxation applied to company owners who decide to sell or wind up their company. The new government rulings will come into effect on the 6th April 2016. What do these new rules mean? Chancellor George Osborne recently announced that the government will remove tax breaks […]

So we’re now in 2016, Christmas is over and the New Year has just begun… Unfortunately that means the clock really is ticking for you to get your tax return submitted. Nearly four million of the 10.2 million people in Britain required to fill in tax returns have not yet sent them in. Failure to […]

Vincent Crouch, former Auditor for high profile, international firms including BDO and Grant Thornton has joined Aston Shaw and will be based in the firm’s Norwich Head Office. He will head up the firm’s growing Audit department covering all 5 office locations – Norwich, Cambridge, Ipswich, Dereham and Great Yarmouth. A Chartered Certified Accountant, Vincent […]

1. Seasonal Sales & Promotional Offers One of the proven ways to get customers through the door in January is to host a sale on your stock. Post Christmas is when most people are looking to save money and a sale can entice shoppers to find a few spare pounds to buy something they didn’t […]

East Anglian accountancy firm, Aston Shaw, have set their sights on further expansion after announcing plans to relocate their Norwich Head Office to a newly refurbished 7000 sq.ft bespoke designed office space, complete with state-of-the-art conference and meeting rooms and a capacity for 100+ members of staff, as of January 2016. The new head office […]