For years, it has seemed that the larger corporations haven’t played by the same tax rules as everyone else. Whilst small businesses, sole traders and the self-employed all pay what they owe, industry giants like Starbucks, Gap, Apple, Amazon and Facebook are avoiding paying corporation tax. All retailers are meant to pay a levy on...Read More

As a leading supplier of accounting services to sole traders and businesses alike, we make it our mission to stay ahead of the latest financial news so our clients don’t have to. It’ll come as no surprise that we’ve been busy of late keeping up to date with the recent 2018 Budget announcement delivered by...Read More

It’s been a long time coming but finally the government are beginning to listen up to the concerns voiced by small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in regards to business rates. The out-dated, unfair and rather ridiculous business rates system has caused a number of problems for businesses big and small, including the clients we...Read More

We have moved We’ve got some exciting news for you! Whilst our enviable reputation as one of the North East’s most respected accountancy practices remains, there has been a few developments of late that we’d like to share with you. We’ve recently moved from our Whitley Bay headquarters to a brand new office in North...Read More

Whitley Bay Accountants Whitley Bay is our home and the base of many of the sole traders, start-up businesses and large corporations that we do business with. However, like many northern seaside resorts, the town hasn’t always been cast in the best light. In recent years, the area has undergone something of a renaissance and...Read More

Brexit on UK Business As one of the North East of England’s most respected accounting services, we are proud to work with a variety of businesses of all sizes and niches. As well as keeping up to date with the latest in accounting, the business world and economic environment are two areas that we keep...Read More

Building Your Business At Hurren Accountants, we pride ourselves on the plethora of no-nonsense, jargon free accounting services that we offer to our clients, and our enviable reputation has seen us assist businesses and sole traders of all sizes and niches. In addition to helping our clients fulfil their accounting, payroll, tax and bookkeeping requirements,...Read More

 Are You Ready? Workplace pensions still strike fear into many, with the jargon and key dates a cause of confusion for businesses of all shapes and sizes. As of 2012, workplace pensions became a compulsory part of the way we do business, with employers having to eventually offer a workplace pension of their own by...Read More

Christmas Spending in the UK It’s safe to say that most of us have a tendency of overdoing things come Christmas time, but it’s not just our love of eating, drinking and being merry that gets the better of us in our search of festive cheer. We are a nation of generous gift givers, despite...Read More

UK Business Brexit is one event that we’ve not been able to shut our ears to, and as talks about our exit from the European Union continue, there is another change that threatens to destabilise our already fragile global economy. Once considered by many as a laughable concept and something that could never happen, America...Read More