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Do you know your Incoterms?

Don’t be fooled into thinking that with a trade agreement in place between the UK and the EU that we have frictionless trade. Brexit created a hard tariff border around the UK and with it, rafts of paperwork and additional administration.

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Done Deals 2023

Find below a round up of some of the deals completed by the Dains Group Corporate Finance Team.

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Done Deals 2024

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Done Deals 2025

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Downloadable Forms

Enjoy quick and convenient access to a wealth of HMRC and Companies House downloadable forms, effortlessly streamlining your administrative processes and ensuring compliance.

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Downloads

Dains is your go-to provider of specialist financial resources. Explore a rich library of downloadable resources on topics including budget, tax, corporate finance, commercial disputes resolution and much more.

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Due Diligence

If you’re thinking of expanding your company through acquisition, contemplating a management buy-in or management buy-out, or providing finance to a business then you will want to be confident that your investment is as free from risk as possible.

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EBT Communications

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Eclipse Access Solutions

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Electric vehicles – mileage claims and charging

Electric and low emission vehicles (EV) remain highly sought after.

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Employee Ownership Trusts

An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a trust which enables a company to be owned by its employees. It can be established by current owners as part of their succession plan, or by founders starting a new business who want it to be employee owned. The EOT was introduced by the Finance Act 2014 to encourage more employee-owned companies.

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Employees take Ownership of Pennine Healthcare in Derby

Pennine Healthcare, the Derby based manufacturer of medical devices has been taken into Employee Ownership, in a move that safeguards UK manufacturing for the well-known business, established in the 1970’s.

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Employment Related Share Transactions Reporting

Whenever employees or directors receive an interest in shares or securities of the company employing them, or certain related companies, the tax aspects of such provision must be carefully considered.

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Employment Services

As an employer, are you operating at peak efficiency? Are staffing challenges causing headaches? Are you seeking opportunities for cost savings? Are regulations and legal requirements leaving you puzzled?

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Employment Tax Expert gives opinion on Autumn Budget

The Chancellor today delivered her Budget speech, perhaps the most impactful for a generation.

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ENSEK

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Enterprise Management Incentive Schemes – The Basics

An Enterprise Management Incentive (“EMI”) scheme is an approved employee share scheme that is available to most trading companies, allowing employers to grant share options to key employee’s tax efficiently, as a reward for their efforts within the business and/or to retain and incentivise key staff.

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Envirokey Limited to Reconomy

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Events

Explore our events page for a curated list of upcoming business and financial events – stay informed, network with industry experts, and elevate your business acumen.

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Exciting Times Ahead for Dains Accountants

Dains Accountants has secured significant investment from Horizon Capital, the private equity investor specialising in technology and business services

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Expert Witness Services

For over 25 years, our forensic partners have been working with clients to develop their dispute resolution strategy and, where required, to provide Expert Witness Services. We combine our wide-range of commercial experience across diverse industry sectors in order to provide relevant expert advice on the financial, economic and valuation aspects of civil claims.

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Fact Sheets

Our wealth of business, tax and financial fact sheets can support informed decision-making and financial success, arming you with key information on several topics of importance.

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Failure to Prevent Fraud: Are You Ready for 1 September 2025?

From 1 September 2025, the way businesses think about fraud risk will need to change. Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, a new corporate criminal offence - Failure to Prevent Fraud - will come into force.

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File Your Self-Assessment Tax Return

Act now and avoid penalties. Don’t let the January 31st self-assessment deadline catch you out.

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Forecast: PAYE Liability Shifts

James Shepherd looks at the implications for employment businesses and their customers from the forthcoming introduction of new PAYE liability rules to ITEPA 2003.

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