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• Happy New Year – are your finances in order for 2011?
  Naturally a New Year brings with it hope and aspirations for the forthcoming year, as well as an opportunity to reflect on the year gone by and make improvements. Is your north west manufacturing...
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• Can you benefit from Bad Debts Relief?
  In these difficult economic times, North West manufacturing businesses are experiencing problems in collecting all their outstanding debts. It is possible to reclaim part of the outstanding debt from...
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• The Future's Bright for North West Manufacturing
  Here at Ashworth Treasure Accountants, we work with several North West manufacturing companies and their success is quite significantly due to their ability to stay ahead of the game in terms of...
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• North West Manufacturing Companies - Tax relief for product and software development
  There is a little known tax relief for companies, called Research and Development Tax Credits. Even as a leading North West accountant, this doesn’t sound too exciting to me as it conjures up...
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• North West Manufacturing – Cash Management is Key
  So, how has the manufacturing industry in the North West been coping in 2010 - Has it been hit hard by the recession or showing its strength and pulling through? My experience in working closely...
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• How will business tax changes affect your business?
  In the recent emergency budget there have been various changes in the business tax world - some good and some bad. Overall we’d say “phew!” it could have been a lot worse. It is...
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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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• I like getting in my car and going to visit my clients - am I weird?
  Manufacturing businesses will no doubt, have close contact with their accountant. Maybe it is discussing business generally, receiving tax advice, or discussing the annual accounts. Have you ever...
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• Recession – where are we in Manufacturing?
  When he was chancellor, Gordon Brown declared that his prudence meant “no more boom and bust” - and yet here we are... Tony Blair famously declared that Saddam Hussein had weapons of...
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• The Changing Face of the Manufacturing Industry in Lancashire
  The manufacturing industry in Lancashire is as important as it has ever been. A bold statement, you may think. However, I believe it to be true. Lancashire is sentimental about its history and its...
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• Our first blog post!
  I love manufacturing and engineering type businesses. They are complex and interesting. They ‘make’ things, which are tangible. They have plant and equipment. They own or rent premises. The range of...
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