Helpful resources to guide your business.

At Bernard Rogers & Co, we like to make things clear, simple and useful.
Below you’ll find some tips, advice and insights to shed light on the topics we get asked about the most.

Year-End Planning for Small Businesses: Your 2025 Financial Checklist

The final days of the UK tax year present both a deadline and an opportunity. At Bernard Rogers & Co, we believe...

Rising Costs on the Farm: How to Stay Profitable When Margins Are Tight

Farming has always been about resilience; adapting to challenges, managing uncertainty, and making the best of...

Getting Paid on Time: Practical Advice for Chasing Invoices Without Damaging Relationships

Let’s be honest, chasing late payments isn’t why you started your business. But if you run a business, getting paid on...

Cash to Career - Practical Support for UK Side Hustlers

Whether you’re selling handmade candles at weekend craft fairs, running a popular Etsy store, selling vintage finds on...

“Where’s My Refund?” Why Your HMRC Tax Repayment Might Be Taking Much Longer Than You Think

If you're in self-assessment, self-employed or running a small business, you might have noticed that HMRC refunds are...

Making Tax Digital - What it means to you

What Making Tax Digital means to you and how we can help - Making Tax Digital (MTD) is a government initiative...

5 Questions You’d Love to Ask HMRC (But Probably Never Have)

Whether you’re self-employed, run a small business, or just dread tax season, chances are you’ve had a few unfiltered questions...

Our Top 10 Financial Tips for Small UK Businesses Employing Seasonal or Temporary Staff

Running a small business in the UK is already a balancing act - add seasonal or temporary staff into the mix, and the...

Bookkeeper vs Accountant: What’s the Difference – and Which Does Your Business Need?

As a small business owner or self-employed professional, you're already wearing many hats - marketing, sales...

Turning Learning into a Tax Saving

Education deductions explained: what you can and cannot claim to enhance your tax savings - If you're self-employed or...

Meet the Experts - Chiara Giovannone

Behind every smooth-running client account is a hardworking team member ensuring the details are spot on, and...

Childcare Benefits for Working Parents

A practical guide to childcare benefits for working parents

IR35 Explained - Inside or Outside, What you Need to Know

Inside Vs Outside - What you need to know. A practical guide to IR35 for contractors and freelancers...

Maximise your tax savings: Top tips for medical professionals

As a medical professional, you’re probably already paying various professional fees. But did you know that these payments...

Use pension contributions to keep your tax-free childcare benefits

If you earn more than £100k, you can lose access to tax free childcare and free childcare hours...

The benefits of Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes

What’s an EMI scheme? There are over 15,000 companies in the UK using EMI options and it’s easy to see why...

Should you outsource your payroll?

Many businesses debate whether to run their payroll in-house or whether to outsource it to an accountant...

Tax relief on charitable donations – what’s the drill?

Whether you’re an individual or a company, donating to a charitable cause is a great thing to do if you’re in a position to do...

A Summary of EIS, SEIS and VCT

The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs)...

Specialist Support for Charities and Not-for-Profits: A Q&A with Darren Owen

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