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• Enterprise Investment Scheme - The Rules Condensed
• [03/04/2012] EIS is is an important investment incentive. The business rules are highlighted here while personal tax examples can be found in Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) – The Tax Reliefs Condensed
• Workplace pensions reform: preparing for automatic enrolment
• [09/03/2012] Guidance from the Pensions Regulator on preparing for employers' automatic pension enrolment.
• Innovation and Research
• [24 January 2012] Details of the governments recently published strategy for innovation and growth.
• PAYE/NIC Security Deposits
• [01/03/2012] From 5 April 2012 HMRC will be able to ask employers to pay a security deposit where there is serious risk that they won’t pay over their PAYE or Class 1 NICs.
• Employment Law
• [29/02/2012] Details of increases in the limits for unfair dismissal
• Workplace pension reform - Vodcast
• [25/04/2012] All businesses with one employee or more will be required to automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension scheme and contribute to that individual’s pension. This major change is coming soon.
• Personal liability for a company's debt
• [09/03/2012] Roder UK Ltd v A.J West and D.M. Phillips (2011) EWCA Civ 1126
• 14 Steps to marketing your business through direct mail
• [21/01/11] Guidance on how to market your business better through direct mail.
• Seed enterprise investment scheme
• [20/03/2012] The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is to be introduced into UK tax provisions from 6 April 2012 to encourage investment in small businesses.
• Smartphones and Benefits in Kind
• [09/03/2012] HMRC changes its view on smartphones for benefits in kind purposes.
• Red Tape Challenge
• [01/12/2011] The government is seeking your views on the usefulness and/or burden of certain business regulations.
• Parental Leave
• [02/03/2012] UK opts for an additional year's grace from implementing EU Parental Leave Directive.
• Employers' Mandatory Pension Registration
• [18 January 2012] Details of mandatory pension registration for employers from 2013.
• Saying Goodbye to ESC C16
• [13/03/2012] From 1 March statutory instrument 2012 number 266 The enactment of extra-statutory concessions order 2012 comes into force. On the same date extra statutory concession (ESC) C16 is effectively withdrawn.
• Exports
• [20/03/2012] Export vodcast - David Smith, a lecturer and business consultant, talks with Glenn Collins, Head of Technical Advosory at ACCA, answering questions on achieving business growth and the challenges of the export market.
• Importing and Exporting - A Basic Guide
• [02/03/2012] A basic 69 page guide on the procedures businesses should consider when importing and/or exporting.
• Company Directors and Self Assessment Tax Returns
• [20/01/2012] Are company directors required to submit a tax return of a retrn has not been issued and they have no liability?
• Finance Fitness Inititative
• [12/03/12] Mark Prisk, minister for business, explains why he has launched a campaign to improve the financial information and advice made available to businesses.
• How customer care can help your business grow
• [12/03/2012] The importance of customer care.
• Business finance advice scheme
• [05/04/2012] New service will enable businesses to identify ACCA members in practice who provide independent advice on business finance.
• Employment Law - Calls for Evidence
• [01/12/2011] The government is looking to simplify certain elements of the employment legislation and is seeking "calls for evidence" is to support its review.
• Red Tape
• [25/05/2011] The Cabinet Office has a website that lists and asks for comments on regulations.
• Intellectual Property
• [29/02/2012] Details of the government's recent paper on Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth
• British BBA’s factsheet on small business lending
• [22/06/10] - How banks set the price for loans to small business
• Everything you need to know about XBRL
• [31/03/10] - A comprehensive overview of XBRL (extensible business reporting language) and what it can do for accountants.
• ACCA UK 'Guides to...'
• ACCA UK produces 'Guides To...' which are designed to be passed to clients and keep them informed on key issues.
• Guide to coping with the falling pound
• [19/11/08] - ACCA's guide to coping with the falling pound. 10 measures SMEs might implement to help cut their losses
• Intellectual property and the practising accountant
• 04 Apr 2011
• [05/04/11] - Accountants and finance professionals must understand Intellectual Property (IP) issues to help their business clients, says ACCA and the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in a new guide produced jointly by the two organisations. This guide has been written to help finance professionals get to grips with the nuances of IP, from trade marks to patents.
• Managing cashflow guides
• [16/01/09] - ACCA has endorsed a series of user-friendly guides designed to provide credit management advice direct to businesses.
• Partnerships – self assessment registration
• [21/10/10] - HMRC has issued new forms for the registration of partnerships, and partners thereof, for Self Assessment.
• Sound financial management
• Glenn Collins, ACCA UK's Head of Advisory Services, John Davis, Director of Local Business at Barclays, and Sara Harvey a qualified chartered certified accountant all present their views about how SMEs can survive the current climate, while recognising that access to finance is a huge issue for SMEs and for the accountants representing them.
• The Companies Act 2006 - Its Implications for Company Directors (PDF)
• [01/01/2009] Booklet explaining how this new legislation has important implications for the two million UK businesses which trade as limited companies, as well as for all those who own shares in them, trade with them or provide business or professional services to them.
• The Risk Register: Basic Principles for Smaller Companies
• [13/10/09] - This short guide is intended to help those embarking on a Risk Register exercise
• Why Audit Matters to Businesses
• ACCA UK’s Advisory Service has prepared a series of leaflets to illustrate to businesses how they could benefit from the decision to have their accounts audited.

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