NRB welcome seven new trainees to the team

Pictured (L to R): Hannah Mchugh, Kieran Donnelly, Eve Worsfold, Paul Farrington, Charlie Bennett, Matthew Cheers and Phoebe Maloney. Not pictured: Richard Nelson. NR Barton has recruited seven new team members as part of its 2021 trainee and apprentice intake. The new recruits have joined our offices at Waterside House in Wigan and will be […]

New appointment boosts firm’s tax offering

Pictured: Neil Whittingham and Scott Lees Wigan based accountancy and business advisory firm NR Barton has appointed former top ten tax advisor Scott Lees to head up its tax offering. Scott, a former Tax Manager at Azets (formerly CLB Coopers) in Bolton, specialises in personal and corporate tax advisory for owner managed businesses. He has […]

National Insurance and income taxes increased to pay for a new social care levy

The Government have today announced the introduction of a new Health and Social Care Levy based on National Insurance Contributions. The purpose of the change is to ringfence and fund investment in health and social care. The changes are expected to raise over £12bn per year for the Treasury. The proposal as presented by Prime […]

NRB invest in development of payroll team

NR Barton has recruited four new team members to improve and enhance its payroll bureau offering. The new recruits have joined our offices at Waterside House in Wigan and their appointment comes as the firm continues to invest and develop in client service. Headed up by Emma Peers (pictured above on the left), Payroll Manager, […]

Default Surcharge: Guidance

In this article we will explain how HMRC apply a default surcharge, how it works and how to avoid them. What is a default surcharge? What happens if I default? How is a surcharge calculated? Is there a minimum surcharge? Special arrangements for small businesses What if I have a reasonable excuse for not paying […]

Two huge successes for the NRB Academy

This week at NR Barton we have received some fantastic news regarding two of our members of staff, Georgia Winters and Jack Dawber-Axon. Both Georgia and Jack have joined NR Barton within the last 12 months and were both at different stages of their ACCA qualifications at the time. Since joining the firm, both Georgia […]

Paying back a false SEISS claim

The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) provided financial support for self-employed individuals who experienced a reduction in profits due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the scheme was subject to a lot of dishonesty; people were claiming SEISS payments, despite their business not experiencing a reduction in profits. You must tell HMRC if, when you made […]

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) changes: August 2021

As national restrictions due to coronavirus have been lifted, from 01 August 2021, the CJRS will become less generous, and employers will be asked to contribute more towards the cost of furloughed employees’ wages. To be eligible, you must continue to pay your furloughed employees 80% of their wage for hours not worked. However, from […]

Basis Periods to be abolished in 2022: what does this mean for your business?

“Basis Periods” are a set of tax rules that govern the timing of when income is assessed. Self-employed individuals and partnerships with trading income use basis periods to allocate trading profits and losses to specific tax years. Basis periods are straightforward if your accounts are drawn to 5 April or 31 March every year but […]

Limited businesses can now apply for exemption to self-isolation

Throughout the pandemic, the NHS track and trace app has been a fantastic tool to tell people, who have potentially been in contact with coronavirus, that they need to isolate. However, as cases begin to rise due to the easing of social distancing restrictions, more than 600,000 people in England and Wales were sent self-isolation […]

Integrity

Integrity is at the forefront of everything we do as we apply the strongest ethical and moral rigour across how we work and assist our clients.

At NR Barton we understand the importance of trust and through our integrity we make sure this underpins absolutely everything we do.

We like to do the best for our clients and this isn’t always easy. We aren’t afraid to use our integrity to confront difficult situations. We firmly believe that acting with our utmost integrity those difficult conversations will help to build our trust with our clients. Sometimes the difficult option is the best.

It is also our integrity that has helped us to build a strong local relationship in our market place and the thrive as a business for the last seventy years.

We’re here for the long term and our integrity will help us to achieve that.