Many households are considering their options to reduce their energy costs in light of the recent price hikes in the cost of electricity and gas. Aside from breaking into long sealed chimney breasts and burning the furniture, realistic options have been extended in recent weeks by the introduction of a government grant of £5,000…
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Commercial risk
Setting up and running your own business is a risky undertaking. What happens if sales reduce or disappear, and you are left with unpaid costs or loans and no cashflow? The experience of recent COVID lockdown challenges – aside from the risk to personal health – has resulted in business closures at an unprecedented…
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Landlords switch to holiday lets
Cornwall, and we expect many holiday locations, are seeing an increase in landlords switching from domestic letting to holiday lets. Aside from the increased rents they can obtain, should they be successful in making this transition, there are tax as well as commercial advantages. It all comes down to occupancy. What are the tax…
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Flexible planning
If we lived in a world where the factors that affected trade and other commercial activity were unchanging, then plans drawn up for extended periods, say a year, would be a reliable benchmark to measure actual results against in the same period. Unfortunately, change is a common occurrence these days. Plans drawn up will become…
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