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RMT takes North East ‘Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year’ award

The Corporate Finance team at RMT Accountants & Business Advisors has beaten off stiff competition from its north east peers to be named as the best in the region. The RMT team was named as Corporate Finance Advisory Team of the Year at the annual Insider North East Dealmakers Awards in front of an audience

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Get the records straight, tax expert tells landlords as HMRC launches North East Taskforce

A north east tax expert is advising local landlords to make sure their financial affairs are fully in order in advance of a tax blitz on the region’s property rental sector. HM Revenue & Customs has formed six new task forces which are aiming to collect around £23m from people working in different industries and

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Healthy rise for GP Notional rent

Average notional rent increases of 9.68 per cent are being reported for doctors’ surgeries in the first two quarters of 2012. But a firm of surveyors claims some practices are reluctant to pursue their rent reviews in 2012 because they are concerned that their level of rent reimbursement would be cut and leave them out

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GPC pushes for pay uplift of “several percent”

GPC negotiators have confirmed they will be pushing for a pay rise for GPs of ‘several per cent’ in this year’s contract talks in order to cover rising practice expenses. The move comes despite the Treasury imposing a 1% cap on public sector pay rises, and the Department of Health scrapping the independent pay review

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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

The following guidance for companies and investors from HM Revenue & Customs is divided into four parts. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recommends that you read all of the guidance, irrespective of whether you are a potential investor or a company considering using the scheme. This guidance provides an overview of SEIS. It does not

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Government U-Turn excludes GPs from DDRB pay review

Pulse can reveal health secretary Andrew Lansley sent a letter to the Doctors and Dentists’ Review Body (DDRB) in July saying there would be ‘no need’ for it to make any recommendations this year for GP and dentist pay from 2013/14. He said there was a ‘well-established basis’ for allocating the 1% public sector pay

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Pension changes

Pension changes could leave GPs facing fines

Changes to pension allowances mean that GPs will need to submit new tax calculations to HMRC for the 2011/12 financial year. However it is unlikely that GPs will have access to the figures required to make these calculations in time, meaning they could face substantial financial penalties, healthcare accountants have warned. Recent changes to pension

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RMT gear up for future growth

RMT gears up for future growth

Stephanie Reardon, Liane Granger, Michael Robertson and David Wansell have all joined the Gosforth-based firm in roles which will enable them to broaden their business experience, continue to develop their financial knowledge and learn from senior members of the RMT team. Reardon has joined the firm as an audit senior, after spending seven years with

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Caution needed in crowdfunding move

The recent chart success of South Tyneside musician Ginger Wildheart came on the back of an entirely fan-funded album, and the Unbound Books concept – where authors pitch their ideas and readers subscribe to the ones they’d like to see published – has led to a number of books reaching the shelves that otherwise probably wouldn’t have

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