Starting a business in the UK comes with various tax considerations and responsibilities that must be addressed within the first 100 days to ensure compliance and avoid penalties. Our guide helps you plan for this critical period – essential for setting up tax structures correctly, managing financial records, and understanding obligations to HMRC.
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Step Challenge Winners
The results are in for our Thomson Cooper Step Challenge 2025 and collectively our walking warriors completed over 15 million steps – the equivalent to 7,000 miles or from our Dunfermline office to Chile in South America!
Dunfermline Derby Race Night
The Thomson Cooper ‘Dunfermline Derby’ fundraising race night held at East End Park, Dunfermline in support of the vital work of Alzheimer Scotland raised an incredible £6,075.
What changes are coming at Companies House?
From Autumn 2025 significant reforms will reshape how UK companies interact with Companies House, driven by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 in order to improve data integrity, transparency, and tackle misuse of company structures.
Journal Entry Spring 2025
Welcome to the latest edition of our business newsletter Journal Entry, introduced by Managing Partner Alan Mitchell. Following recent changes in leadership in the UK and US, and the political theatrics that have followed, the theme of this edition is ‘100 Days’.
Scots AUTOSCENE magazine – managing finance with cloud accounting
In the latest edition of the SMTA magazine Scots AUTOSCENE, Outsourced Finance Manager Arran Anders covers managing your finance function with cloud accounting, the benefits it can deliver to your business and what to watch out for.