by johnireland | Articles
The Autumn Budget lands on 28 October 2026. In the run-up to any Budget, we see the same pattern among business owners and property investors — a flurry of calls asking whether they should restructure everything now, before the Chancellor stands up. Almost always, the...
by johnireland | Articles
If a member of staff turned up to work having drunk two glasses of wine, you would probably have a quiet word. If they turned up on five hours’ sleep for the third night running, you would probably say nothing at all — and yet the research on sleep deprivation...
by johnireland | Tax Talk
The Autumn Budget is on 28 October 2026, and the run-up brings the usual wave of speculation about further changes to Business Relief and Agricultural Property Relief on top of the £2.5 million cap already coming in from April 2026. That speculation is not fact, and...
by johnireland | Business Builder
From 1 October 2026, right to work obligations are expected to widen beyond direct employees to cover contractors, agency workers, casual staff and outsourced services — with liability extending through labour supply chains, so you can be exposed even without a direct...
by johnireland | Articles
If you run a business, you already know that it is illegal to employ someone who does not have the right to work in the UK, and that getting the checks wrong can be expensive. What changes from 1 October 2026 is who this applies to. Until now, the right to work regime...
