by johnireland | Articles
The Tax Band Nobody Warns You About Most business owners know the headline tax rates. The basic rate at 20%. The higher rate at 40%. The additional rate at 45% for earnings above £125,140. What far fewer realise is that there is a hidden tax band sitting right in the...
by johnireland | Articles
Cal Newport’s Deep Work, published in 2016, makes a simple but provocative argument: in a world increasingly dominated by shallow tasks — emails, meetings, notifications, and reactive busywork — the ability to focus deeply on cognitively demanding work is...
by johnireland | Articles
Over the past five years, Family Investment Companies have moved from a niche planning tool used by the ultra-wealthy to a mainstream option for business owners and property investors looking to pass wealth to the next generation. A Family Investment Company — or FIC...
by johnireland | Wellness Corner
When an employee retires, they leave a role. When a business owner retires, they leave an identity. After decades of building, leading, and being defined by a company, the boundary between person and enterprise has often disappeared entirely. Research shows business...
by johnireland | Articles
You Are Not Retiring from a Job — You Are Retiring from an Identity When an employee retires, they leave a role. When a business owner retires, they leave an identity. For decades, the answer to “what do you do?” has been inseparable from “who are...
