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Walker & Sutcliffe is encouraging businesses to think differently about pricing. Practice Partner, Nick Ledgard, provides advice around the psychology of pricing and why companies should not feel guilty about putting their fees up during challenging economic times.

While there is much talk about the changes that have been implemented to the research and development (R&D) tax relief schemes, not least to reduce the amounts that can be claimed by SME’s, there is still an opportunity for innovative UK businesses to benefit.

Debbie Ledgard is our Practice Finance Manager here at Walker & Sutcliffe. We catch up with her to discuss her childhood passion for figures and how after three decades in accountancy, she is looking at a life beyond the numbers.

Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, has extended its The Sounding Board sessions, a service that will provide businesses with access to professional and dedicated advice and support when they need it most. Providing dedicated time slots, clients and any businesses connected to them can access virtual support through one-to-one zoom clinics without having to arrange a meeting.

Here at Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, we are excited to announce our 2023 charitable initiative, which places our clients at the heart of our giving and social impact. For 2023 we have partnered with B1G1 (Buy One Give One), a social enterprise and non-profit organisation that ultimately wants to create a world full of giving. B1G1 achieves this by helping businesses, just like ours, create an impact with each designated business transaction.

Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, has launched The Sounding Board, a service that will provide clients with access to professional and dedicated advice and support when they need it most.

Following a £25k investment in computer hardware to enhance processes and deliver efficiencies, Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, has turned its attentions to training, with a further £25k allocation. Supporting a three-year strategy that is underpinned by expansion, this will mark the second phase of a longer-term plan to ensure the practice has the hardware, software and support in place to meet its ambitious targets.

Changes to the legislation around tax compliance is nothing new, however Making Tax Digital (MTD), which was initially rolled out to businesses with sales above the VAT threshold of £85k, will be mandated for many sole traders and landlords by April 2026. While this may seem like it’s someway off, Huddersfield-based Chartered Accountancy Practice, Walker & Sutcliffe, is encouraging businesses to make the changes now in preparation for the future. In doing this, it says companies will have the time to put into practice what will become a legal requirement.

While the headlines are dominated with news of recession, Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, is setting its sights on a more positive year ahead, with plans to open a second office in Wakefield.

Tracey Davies believes that in the right environment, you can achieve anything! For her, that place is Walker & Sutcliffe! Find out how Walker & Sutcliffe's sense of family and its passion for supporting each team member promoted Tracey's self-belief and her love of learning and development that helped her to journey from receptionist to tax assistant.

In addition to providing advice and guidance in relation to UK Property Returns, Walker & Sutcliffe has received an increasing number of enquiries regarding making tax digital (MTD), a requirement that will become mandatory for many businesses within two years. Responding to the needs of its customers, the practice has put in place Hammock to make the process of migrating from paper-based accounts to digital bookkeeping and filing simpler.

Walker & Sutcliffe, the chartered accountancy practice based in Huddersfield, has invested £25k in computer hardware that will enhance the company’s processes and deliver efficiencies for the team.