Moore Kingston Smith slashes employer’s medical insurance premium – case study

03.11.23

Moore Kingston Smith recently saved a client nearly 50% on its private medical insurance premium. Through our access to the whole medical insurance market, we reviewed and then redesigned their cover. Here’s what we did: 1) Employee input Working with the senior management team, we canvased opinion from the employees. The outcome was surprising. Many…

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When is a cake not a cake?

13.04.22

We have a VAT case which considers the difference between a cake (which is zero-rated) and an item of confectionery (which is subject to VAT at 20%). Following the infamous Jaffa Cake case, we shine a light on one of the more obscure and quirky parts of the UK VAT system. This time, it’s the…

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Adrian Chiles employment status IR35 case

10.03.22

HMRC has lost its appeal in its employment status IR35 tax case relating to the TV and radio presenter Mr Adrian Chiles. This is the latest of many tax cases relating to the employment status of television and radio presenters.   Background Adrian Chiles is well-known for presenting BBC Radio 5 Live, Working Lunch, The…

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Moore Kingston Smith advises Reason on its exit to Paragon Group

08.02.22

Moore Kingston Smith is proud to have advised Reason, a digital transformation agency, on its exit to Paragon Group, a provider of customer communications, identification and graphic and office services. Reason designs, builds and launches digital products and services that transform the way people live, work and do business. It brings new capabilities and expertise…

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Black History Month – Proud to be: supporting black women in their working life experiences

30.09.21

Dionne Amoo, Business Development Manager at Moore Kingston Smith, is a volunteer for Counter-Col Network (CCN) – a network that is dedicated to supporting black women in their working life experiences. As well as offering pragmatic support, such as affordable sources of coaching, counselling and legal services, CCN is a place for black women to…

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Improved talent retention and recruitment through new training programme for award-winning Pump Street

28.09.21

Pump Street Chocolate and Bakery is a family-owned business making small-batch chocolate from beans imported directly from family farms and cooperatives around the world, and handmade bread and pastries. Pump Street sells its wares in its shop and café outlets in Suffolk, as well as exporting its chocolate globally. Pump Street had a problem sourcing good candidates due to a skills shortage in the region, despite paying above market rate. It received 90 applications for one…

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Sleep-ins case closed

26.03.21

The resolution of Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake puts to bed (pun intended) the issue of whether care providers should pay arrears to care workers who worked ‘sleep-in’ shifts. The case considered whether care workers who are required to be in a certain place while they slept, are entitled to the national minimum wage for time that…

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