In recognition of the difficulties businesses are still facing with trading internationally, HMRC have launched a £20 million funding package to provide grants to SME businesses to allow them to obtain professional advice. [...] Read More

As Dains are sponsors of the Coventry UK City of Culture set out below is the update recently published by Coventry 2021 which sets out how it will pace and scale its programme in the coming months. [...] Read More

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. [...] Read More

Rishi Sunak’s overall message is that “we will recover” and pledged he will do “whatever it takes” to help. Boris Johnson hailed it as a “Budget for recovery”. [...] Read More

When the UK government announced that it had agreed a Free Trade Agreement (“FTA”) on 24 December 2020, there was a collective sigh of relief from businesses in both the UK and the EU which, until that point, had been bracing themselves for a no-deal Brexit. However, the FTA agreement has proven to be more complex than initial reports had us believe. As details of the agreement emerge it is apparent that the FTA agreement has led to significant complexities and unforeseen costs for businesses. [...] Read More

Over the past 12 months, the VAT & Customs team in Dains have been working with clients, providing practical and commercial advice on how to deal with the BREXIT transition. [...] Read More