For business owners who already pay rent on an office, warehouse or workshop, a Small Self-Administered Scheme, or SSAS, offers a different way to hold that same asset. Rather than a landlord collecting the rent each month, the pension does, and the business owner keeps the benefit within their own retirement fund. GoldHouse Accounting works […]
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Running a family business is rarely just about the numbers on a balance sheet. For families building wealth across property, trading companies and investments, protecting that value for the next generation often matters as much as growing it today. Family investment companies, usually shortened to FICs, are one of the sharpest tools available to UK
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What’s the New £500k Home Sale Tax? A new tax proposal from the current Labour government could affect anyone selling a home worth more than £500,000 — and it works very differently from the Capital Gains Tax rules homeowners are used to. This article explains what’s being proposed, compares it to a similar tax already
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Budget Predictions for October 2026: What’s Coming for Business and Property? The UK Budget has now been confirmed for 28th October 2026, and speculation is already building around what changes business owners and property investors should expect. While a full, detailed analysis will follow once the Budget is actually delivered, here’s a rundown of what’s
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Why Top Entrepreneurs Do This (Gary Vee’s 343 Rule) Why are top entrepreneurs putting out so much marketing content? The answer lies in a comment Gary Vaynerchuk (“Gary Vee”) made about his own personal brand: he put out 343 different pieces of content in a single day, with the message that “your niche is you.”
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Section 24 Explained: The UK “Landlord Killer” Tax Section 24 — sometimes referred to as the “tax on interest” — is one of the most devastating UK tax changes of the last decade for landlords. Coming up to almost a decade since it was introduced, it’s earned the nickname the “landlord killer tax” for good
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Introduction: Why the Rich Borrow Rather Than Use Cash Why do the wealthiest people — from Mark Zuckerberg to Jay-Z and Beyoncé — borrow money to buy assets, even when they could easily afford to pay in cash? The answer lies in how the rich understand and manage three specific “wealth killers.” This article breaks
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Commercial-to-resi conversions can be seriously profitable, but only if you stay in control of the build costs. Because the real reason “good deals” stop stacking isn’t usually the purchase price, it’s the moment you discover the floor isn’t a floor and the electrics are prehistoric. If you want fewer surprises and more profit left at
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For the successful entrepreneur, profit is often a double-edged sword. As your business scales, the growth will inevitably attract the attention of HMRC. This is true whether you develop a high-end residential projects in the UK or managing a consultancy between London and Dubai. You find yourself at a crossroads: reinvest your capital or watch
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A commercial-to-residential conversion is a sophisticated vehicle for wealth creation. However, the difference between a high-yield asset and a complex burden often lies in the structural decisions made before the first brick is laid. For the serious investor, structure is not a mere legal formality; it is the foundation of tax efficiency, financing agility and
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