£750,000 funding secured to extend and improve Acomb Explore Library
£250,000 has been secured to add to the Council’s committed £500,000 capital investment to extend and redevelop Acomb Explore Library. The additional £250k is the result of a successful application to the Arts Council’s Libraries Improvement Fund. It will support significant upgrades to the popular library learning centre in Acomb to ensure it continues to…
Azets appoints UK lead for national minimum wage
Experienced employment tax specialist joins top ten firm as a director in the Leeds office to support clients across the UK in ensuring their compliance with National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation Top ten accountancy and advisory firm Azets has appointed a new employment tax director who will lead its National Minimum Wage (NMW) service line…
Drax Community fund donates nearly £20k to Yorkshire organisations
First round of funding from the Drax Community Fund will see donations given to 33 organisations across the UK. This includes donations to more than 20 organisations in the Yorkshire area, which deliver STEM education and skills development, enhance green spaces or improve communities. Renewable energy leader, Drax Group has announced the support it will…
Andrew Jackson advises on purchase of key North Yorkshire site as McClarrons eyes further expansion
Regional law firm Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP announces that it has advised independent insurance broker McClarrons on its purchase of the former BMW and Mini showroom located on York Road, Malton, from Inchcape Estates Limited. The showroom will now be transformed into spacious and modern head offices for well established Malton-based McClarrons, which specialises in…
AAB Private Client team short-listed for prestigious Tolley’s Taxation Awards
Tech-enabled, business critical services group, AAB, has been shortlisted for the Best Private Client Tax Practice award, in the coveted UK-wide Tolley’s Taxation Awards 2024. The Group’s Private Client team are set to attend the glittering awards dinner in London on 16 May. The Awards celebrate exceptional achievements, unwavering commitment to the industry, and groundbreaking…
Law firm bolsters top-ranked Private Capital team with senior hire
A lawyer who spent more than 60 years working for the practice his father founded has now made the move to join another firm in the city. Patrick Burstall has been appointed as a Consultant Solicitor in the Private Capital team at Rollits LLP. Burstalls was founded by Bryan Burstall in 1946 and Patrick joined…
Yorkshire Building Society supports customers and colleagues with hidden disabilities
Yorkshire Building Society has joined the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower network, showing its support for customers and colleagues with non-visible disabilities. It is estimated that around 80% of disabilities are non-visible, including physical, mental, sensory and chronic conditions. Branches and offices will display “We Support the Sunflower” stickers and colleagues have taken part in training. Colleagues…
Rollits adds property specialist to residential team
A property professional who made the switch from an estate agents to a legal career has now completed her move to Rollits LLP. Amber Deas joins the firm’s residential property team as a Paralegal and is based in the York office. Amber lives in Stillington near York and attended Easingwold Secondary School before starting out…
YBS commercial underlines commitment to supporting clients through ongoing commercial market challenges by doubling team
YBS Commercial Mortgages has revealed it expects to double its workforce this year, compared to 2022, bolstering its teams by a further 20 per cent, which builds on an 18 per cent increase in numbers during 2023, taking the total workforce to 105. The commercial lender has taken the opportunity presented by an overall dip…
School of Law teams up with GMB Union on pioneering project
The School of Law at the University of Bradford is partnering with the GMB (North East, Yorkshire and Humber region) to provide its students with valuable experience around employment law issues. Students will act as accompanying representatives for union members at employee disciplinary hearings where such members do not have a workplace representative. Students who…
Mutual delivers strong results and record support for members
A record number of savings accounts were opened with Yorkshire Building Society last year, according to its annual financial results, announced today. Savers benefitted from interest rates 1.01 percentage points higher than the market average, equating to an additional £441.1m in interest paid – more than double the previous year. The Society grew both its…
AAB Wealth accredited as one of top-rated financial advice firms for 2024
AAB Wealth, a leading independent chartered financial planning firm, has qualified as one of the top-rated financial advice firms for 2024 by VouchedFor, following outstanding client feedback. This marks AAB Wealth’s inaugural VouchedFor accreditation since the initiative launched four years ago. The 2024 application process required firms to meet a higher standard of client experience…
Farming partnerships: beware the higher rate Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) charge on additional dwellings
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) can be a significant cost on property transactions – and an area that farming partnerships need to be aware of, says Andrew Jackson’s tax partner, Fiona Phillips It is well known that partnerships are treated for the purposes of income tax as tax transparent, with the profits from the trade…
Spring Budget commentary by Paula Fraser
In today’s Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled a series of tax reforms which will significantly alter the UK’s fiscal landscape. One of the positive changes will see National Insurance contributions for employees decreasing from 10% to 8%, which will result in average savings of around £450 annually for approximately 27 million workers nationwide. This follows…
R&D Tax Relief Procedures: HMRC’s latest notification requirement by Derek Gemmell, Head of Innovations Tax AAB
In today’s fast-paced business landscape, where staying ahead often means innovating and adapting to change, research and development (R&D) tax credits have emerged as a key tool for businesses, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As an R&D tax credit specialist, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative impact that these incentives can have on businesses….
The role of finance in driving down NHS carbon emissions
Carbon reduction commitments already play a role in the assessment of public sector suppliers, but for this to genuinely shift the dial towards net zero, we all need to improve how we understand, assess and monitor carbon reduction both within our own organisations and among our suppliers. Since April 2023, suppliers for all new government…
Council’s Executive proposes tough reductions to balance budget
City of York Council publishes its 2024-25 budget proposals today, including what senior leaders have described as ‘deeply troubling but unavoidable cuts’ to deliver a balanced budget. A November 2023 report to the council’s Executive Committee said delivery of the council’s Medium-Term four-year Financial Strategy would be extremely challenging for residents and for the council,…
Further growth for Andrew Jackson’s real estate and property team
Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP announces that Kirsty Barsby has joined its real estate and property team as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s client services offering across the region and beyond. With over 18 years’ experience across a broad range of property matters, Kirsty’s clients operate across several sectors including hotel and leisure, residential and…
Rollits invests in the future with the recruitment of two new trainee solicitors
Two young lawyers who completed legal work experience have now joined the firm as trainees. Harry Milner’s interest in the profession was sparked when he sat in on a high profile murder trial at the Old Bailey during a school trip to London. Aidan Johnson made his career choice after studying law at A level….
Fareshare and Yorkshire Building Society to help 2,500 into work through £1Million employability programme
Yorkshire Building Society has announced FareShare as its charity partner for the next two years, pledging £1million to support the charity’s Building Skills for the Future programme to help 2,500 people enter the world of work. FareShare is the UK’s biggest charity fighting hunger and food waste. The charity redistributes quality surplus food from the food industry…
Yorkshire businesses ‘pushed to the brink’ by escalating financial distress
High interest rates, together with persistently high inflation and a weakening economy, are combining to push increasing numbers of businesses across Yorkshire to the brink, according to the latest Red Flag Alert data from leading independent business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor. The report found that in Q3 of this year combined distress rates…
Rollits inspires client confidence in latest Chambers legal rankings
Leading York law firm Rollits LLP has reinforced its strong credentials across its practice areas in the latest legal directory rankings. The 2024 volume of Chambers and Partners UK highlight’s the firm’s work in agriculture & rural affairs, employment law corporate, particularly mergers and acquisitions involving SMEs and owner-managed businesses, and in social housing. The…
BHP celebrates 79 promotions
BHP, one the largest independent accountancy firms in the North of England, has announced 79 promotions across its office network. They cover BHP’s offices in Chesterfield, Sheffield, Leeds, York and Cleckheaton, span a range of departments and include recognition across accountancy, management and director positions. Tax expert Emily Caine, based in Cleckheaton, has been promoted…
Client feedback counts as Rollits reinforces credentials in Legal 500
Clients and contacts have underlined the responsiveness, knowledge, efficiency and overall professionalism of a leading law firm in testimonials and case studies submitted for the annual report published by the legal profession’s most prestigious directory. Rollits LLP, which has offices in Hull and York, is commended by clients and contacts for a wide range of…
Yorkshire Building Society announces enhancements to family leave policy
Yorkshire Building Society has announced enhancements to its Family Leave Policy to support parents and parents-to-be. The enhancements, announced during Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October), include paid bereavement leave for two weeks for parents who experience early baby loss (pre-24 weeks). Currently the law does not have any parental bereavement leave provision if a…
Continued recognition for Andrew Jackson in Legal 500’s latest independent guide
Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP has again secured numerous recommendations and positive client feedback in one of the UK’s leading independently researched guides to the legal profession. In the 2024 Legal 500 UK guide, published earlier this month, Andrew Jackson receives praise from clients and peers across numerous practice areas, underlining its reputation as being among…
50th anniversary of VAT: a reason to celebrate?
VAT was introduced into the UK on 1 April 1973 and was described by then chancellor Anthony Barber as a “simple tax”. Few would argue that over the past 50 years, it has become more complex, not least when it comes to the taxation of property, land, and developments – an area where taking professional…
What’s in store for the UK’s economy?
By the halfway point in the year, we usually have a good feel for what the economic outlook will be for the rest of the year. In boom times, there’s plenty written about predictions as to how long the boom will last. In times of recession, the focus is more on when the ‘green shoots’…
What’s happening in employment law in 2023?
Whilst there are no imminent major changes in employment legislation for the start of 2023, there have been plenty of talking points for employers and employees alike. Nick Wilson, employment partner with Andrew Jackson Solicitors, considers three of the biggest employment law topics at the moment. Strike Action Update In October 2022, we looked at…
Pilot Fish expands regional teams
Pilot Fish Finance is pleased to announce that Chris Nichols joins the Pilot Fish team as Finance Consultant for Yorkshire. Chris, from C&K Accounting Services, has had an extensive career, as a Portfolio Finance Director specialising in turnarounds with small and medium companies both in the UK and internationally. He is looking forward to growing and…
Andrew Jackson Solicitors advises the Kexgill Group on multi-million pound purchase for student accommodation expansion
Regional law firm Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP is delighted to have advised Hull-headquartered Kexgill Group, one of the largest private owners of student houses and halls in the UK, on the multi-million purchase of Raleigh House, located close to Nottingham Trent University City Centre Campus. Raleigh House provides over 20,000 sq. ft of floor space,…
Bradford based structural engineers Empace expands with recent appointment in London and attains ISO certification.
Empace Civil and Structural engineers, based in Bradford West Yorkshire appoints new partner Richard Colley to head their London practice as the firm continues to grow since its inception in December 2016. The recent attainment of ISO certifications in ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 have put the company on equal footing with some of the larger…
Rollits adds to its ranks with appointment of dispute resolution specialist
A lawyer with more than 20 years of dispute resolution experience has joined leading law firm Rollits LLP as an associate based in the York office. Emma Farrell, who lives in York, draws on an extensive background of advising in all areas of commercial and general civil disputes. She will work closely with colleagues in…
Employment law update: what lies in store for 2023?
Whilst there are no imminent major changes in employment legislation for the start of 2023, there have been plenty of talking points for employers and employees alike. Nick Wilson, employment partner with Andrew Jackson Solicitors, considers three of the biggest employment law topics at the moment. Strike Action Update In October 2022, we looked at…
Option to Tax: HMRC changes will increase risk on property transactions
These important changes will affect all those seeking to buy and sell commercial property says Fiona Phillips, partner with Andrew Jackson Solicitors, who considers the implications The VAT default position for the majority of commercial property sales is to treat them as exempt supplies, meaning the seller is unable to reclaim input VAT. It is…
2023/24 Council Budget: Proposals for investment in York’s communities, protecting the vulnerable and combating cost of living crisis
City of York Council has today published its draft Budget proposals for 2023/24, which are set to be discussed at a public meeting next week. The proposals have been prepared following a public consultation with the city’s residents and considering the current financial challenges that are seeing Councils across the country face unprecedented pressures, with…