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• Payroll and bookkeeping services – have you considered outsourcing?
  Outsourcing business functions such as bookkeeping and payroll is a growing trend amongst small and medium sized hotel businesses in the North West. In the current economic climate it’s...
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• Employment in the UK
  A report commissioned by the British Hospitality Association and produced by Oxford Economics highlights the hospitality industry as being the FIFTH largest employer in the UK. In these uncertain...
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• North West Hotels: Big Vs Small - The fight is on
  Over recent years, the big hotel chains, including those in the North West, focused much of their marketing budget on the corporate market. There was good money to be made in conferences, meetings...
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• North West Hoteliers – Agency Workers
  Agency Workers Regulations are coming into force in October 2011. This is still a way off, but if you use agency workers, there is some planning ahead to be done. The new regulations give agency...
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• Ashworth Treasure Hotels Newsletter - Management Reporting
  As part of the overall tax advice and business advice we provide, as expert accountants to the Hotel sector across the North West, we will be issuing a small series of newsletters focussing on...
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• Employment costs – What’s changed?
  In the recent emergency budget there were various changes to employment taxes which may effect your business and your staff. As an employer I’m sure you’re used to your staff moaning...
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• How do the changes to capital gains tax affect your company?
  The short answer is that they have no effect at all because companies don’t pay capital gains tax! Companies pay corporation tax on their capital gains. Am I stating the obvious? The owner of...
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• Accountant - valuable asset or necessary evil?
  Whether you are a hotel business or not, ask yourself these questions? Does your accountant get in touch during the year and ask about profitability and whether matters need to be considered...
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• Ashworth Treasure is pleased to be launching their new hotel blog
  At hotels there is always something happening which is why they’re so interesting. Along with the challenging accountancy and taxation issues comes the funny stories and unique experiences. We...
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