by James McBrearty | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, From the office
I launched taxhelp.uk.com back in 2006, to specialise in helping the self-employed. It has now been 15 years since I started the business, and I am pleased to have been able to help hundreds of small business owners – taking away the worry and freeing up their...
by James McBrearty | Feb 11, 2021 | Blog, From the office
As a fellow of my tax association, I was featured in the February 2021 issue of TAXAdviser magazine: The feature discusses my tax career and how the ATT qualification, ATT fellowship and volunteering for the association have all had a positive impact: James McBrearty...
by James McBrearty | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog, From the office
I started taxhelp.uk.com back in 2006, specifically to help the self-employed and individuals with their personal tax.Having helped many clients through the last downturn in the economy, from 2008 – 2013, I am sure that their will again be many success stories...
by James McBrearty | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Self-employed, Start-up
Small Business Saturday will be held on 7th December 2019 in the UK. As part of the build up to the event, Small Business Saturday UK will be highlighting 100 small businesses. The #SmallBiz100 as they are known have, over the last 6 years, received exposure on Social...
by James McBrearty | Nov 29, 2018 | Blog, From the office, Networking
Yesterday saw me back in Downing Street as a guest of Philip Hammond, Chancellor of the Exchequer, for a reception to celebrate small business in the UK: We were also joined by Matt Hancock, who spoke of his support for small business. Matt Hancock has been the...
by James McBrearty | Jul 16, 2018 | Blog, From the office
I founded taxhelp.uk.com back in 2006, after building up 17 years’ experience in both practice and industry. From working with business owners over a number of years I identified the need for a different type of service: – Specialising in helping the...
by James McBrearty | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog, From the office, Networking
I’m pleased to announce that taxhelp.uk.com won the Silver award yesterday at the 2018 Surrey Digital Awards in the category ‘Use of Social Media for business’ sponsored by Barclays. My win follows on from being a finalist in the 2017 awards, as well...
by James McBrearty | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Self-employed
I am pleased to announce that taxhelp.uk.com has again reached the finals of the Surrey Digital awards in 2018. The Surrey Digital Awards reward innovation and progressive thinking by businesses, individuals, events, charities or educational establishments. Digital...
by James McBrearty | Jul 21, 2017 | Blog, From the office
It was back in July 2006 that I founded taxhelp.uk.com. Rather than becoming a general accountancy practice, I started the business to specialise in helping small business – usually one person running their own business from home as a sole trader. Instead of the usual...
by James McBrearty | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, From the office
The finalists have just been announced for the 2017 Surrey Digital Awards… I’m pleased to announce that taxhelp.uk.com has made the list, for the third year running now. Winners will be announced at a presentation evening on Thursday 9 March at The HG...
by James McBrearty | Jan 15, 2017 | Blog, From the office, Self-employed, Start-up
For many businesses their computer is important, so being able to get timely support is critical. I recently had call to contact Lenovo with a query – their response timescale far exceeded my expectation… 10:30pm – my initial query was submitted by...
by James McBrearty | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog, From the office, Networking, Power Climb, Self-employed, Start-up
To celebrate Small Business Saturday 2016, you can get the kindle version of my second book for free. My book is full of easy to apply tips for small business owners, covering many areas that commonly cause issues. Power Climb is endorsed by Ivan Misner, Ph.D. Dr...