by Karen Porter | J Mar, 2026 | Business Surrey, Economy Growth, Featured, Finance, Spelthorne Business, Surrey Business News
From April 2026, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment will change how self-employed individuals manage and report their finances, so now’s the time to prepare! The change means you will have to use digital software to manage your tax affairs. It will be...
by Karen Porter | J Mar, 2026 | Economy Growth, Events, High Street, Local Business, Local news, Retail, Skills & Employment, Spelthorne Business, Training
Advice and support, Business news The High Street Support and Innovation Programme will support hundreds of small and medium businesses in Surrey’s town and villages. Find out how you can get involved with this fully-funded scheme, which is running this spring. The...
by Karen Porter | J Mar, 2026 | Community, Developments, Featured, Local news, Spelthorne Borough Council, Spelthorne Business, Staines-upon-Thames
Local government in Surrey is changing to make the system simpler, more connected, and better able to meet local needs. This is called Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation. From April 2027, the existing county council and 11 district and borough councils...
by Karen Porter | J Jan, 2026 | Spelthorne Business
Struggling high street firms left stranded by rates package Responding to the Government’s business rates announcement for pubs in England, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Policy Chair, Tina McKenzie, said: “The Government has passed up a critical...
by Karen Porter | J Jan, 2026 | Business Surrey, Economy Growth, Funding, Grants, Health and Wellbeing, Local Business, Spelthorne Business, Travel & Transport
Boost productivity, cut congestion, and relieve workplace parking pressure by applying for a Smarter Travel to Work grant from Active Surrey by 13th February 2026. The Smarter Travel to Work grant scheme supports employers fulfil their travel plans and...
by Tracey Carter | J Dec, 2025 | Finance, Spelthorne Borough Council, Spelthorne Business
Following the Government’s Budget announcement on 26 November 2025, several changes to business rates will come into effect from 1 April 2026. The temporary Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief, introduced during the Covid pandemic, will come to an end and will ...
