Blenheim this November
As the leaves begin to change this season don’t forget to visit Blenheim Palace in all its glory before its Christmas revamp on the 14th November.
Oxfordshire
Where it all began. B4 started in Oxfordshire in 2006 and has continued to grow and expand to other areas.
Bureau Veritas urges UK business to ‘Make Change Happen’ as COP26...
With COP26 now firmly underway, leading sustainability authority Bureau Veritas is urging UK businesses to ‘make change happen’ as it supports the commitments and ambitions coming out of the conference as world leaders progress with day three of the global climate summit.
Extra buses for Oxford Round Table’s Charity Fireworks Display
The Oxford Bus Company has teamed up with The Oxford Round Table to provide vital transport links for the return of its popular charity fireworks display.
Oxfordshire celebrates businesses as a force for good
Organisations from across Oxfordshire are coming together to celebrate business as a force for good at POP2021: Power of Purpose Week (15th-19th November).
Unipart Logistics fundraising for Air Ambulances UK passes £45,000
A partnership between Unipart Logistics and Air Ambulances UK has now raised a total of over £45,000 thanks to a team of six Unipart colleagues recently completing a gruelling 450km cycle ride between two air ambulance charity airbases.
Blake Morgan’s Thames Valley team celebrating top rankings in Chambers and...
Leading law firm Blake Morgan is celebrating after securing 14 rankings for teams based in the Thames Valley in the 2022 edition of the Chambers and Partners Guide.
More than a million lights for festive trail at Blenheim Palace
The countdown to Christmas has started and stunning Blenheim Palace is getting ready to welcome its glittering Illuminated Trail back this year, between 19 November and 2 January 2022.
Aston & James November Newsletter
It’s been a while. A Warm welcome to our Latest newsletter…. We have seen and experienced a fair bit of change over the last 18 months. The pandemic has impacted all of us, changing / challenging the way we work, either in the home or on the go. We have had to evolve and pivot […]
Oxford Brookes declares climate emergency
University launches new carbon reduction strategy. Commitment to net zero by 2040
Final call to enter the Brand The Bus Competition
Good causes have one week left to enter Oxford Bus Company’s ‘Brand the Bus’ competition, to be in with a chance to design their own livery and have it emblazoned on a double decker.
PENNINGTONS MANCHES COOPERS CORPORATE TEAM ADVISES ON MAJOR CROSS-BORDER LIFE SCIENCES...
The Penningtons Manches Cooper corporate team has advised the shareholders of ATDBio on its sale to NASDAQ Stockholm listed Biotage AB. The purchase price was approximately £45m on a debt free and cash free basis. ATDBio was founded in 2005 by Professor Tom Brown (Snr), one of the world’s leading nucleic acids chemists, Dr Dorcas […]
The Autumn Budget 2021 – what the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Owen Kyffin CTA, tax specialist at Whitley Stimpson, gives a summary of the opportunities which might arise in the future for tax planning following the Autumn Budget 2021 announced yesterday.
Freeths Budget Comment
Whilst Autumn Budget 2021 announced a number of spending giveaways, it was relatively light on new tax measures. In particular, the much-feared increases to rates of capital gains tax, inheritance tax and self-employed national insurance contributions did not materialise. Also absent were new restrictions on pensions tax relief or the introduction of a wealth tax.
2021 Autumn Budget Overview
On 27 October, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Autumn 2021 Budget and summarised below are Wenn Townsend’s key messages for private individuals, business and charities.
Budget Comment from Grant Thornton
Jim Rogers, practice leader for Grant Thornton UK LLP in the Thames Valley area, said: “Businesses will be breathing a sigh of relief. The emphasis was on creating a new post-Covid economy and with two significant tax hikes already imposed this year, there was at least no more bad news.