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Football Transfer Tracker: what’s the final score?

Tuesday, February 01, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Financing , Thought Leadership | Tags: business, statistics, Grant Thornton, finance, UK, insight, football, sport, expenditure, Football Transfer Tracker, transfers, tracker

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Football is serious business. Last night, a late flurry of activity as the transfer window closed saw Premiership clubs paying out a record amount but, worryingly, lower league chairmen were again missing out on the benefit. Here are the final results from Grant Thornton’s Football Transfer Tracker…

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Buy now to beat New Year VAT rate rise? Not necessarily…

Friday, August 20, 2010 | Posted by: Gary Woods
Categories: Business advice, Tax | Tags: business, tax, VAT, Gary Woods, tax year, suppliers, expenditure, reclaiming, rise, increase, admin, timing

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“In the bleak midwinter, the VAT rate increase made moan…” Not quite the first line of the Rossetti poem, but the planned 2.5% increase in VAT from the beginning of next year will still bring a chill to both consumers and businesses. So what can be done to make New Year a little happier for both?

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