Child Benefit Changes

Paul Brides discusses changes to Child Benefit rules, due to come in to effect on 7th January 2013. Child Benefit is currently a tax free payment made available to married couples, civil partnerships and single partnerships as well as certain other eligible adults, regardless of the amount

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Autumn Statement 2012

Group Tax Director GILL MOLLOY comments on George Osborne’s Autumn Statement… Despite a speech that lasted no more than 50 minutes, the actual Autumn Statement detail is expected to be quite lengthy. There may be a number of amendments or proposals, the impacts of which will not

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Are you ready for RTI?

HM Revenue & Customs has announced that up to 250,000 employers will join the Real Time Information pilot between now and 31 March 2103. Real Time Information (RTI) is a new compulsory reporting system which changes when employers must submit information to HM Revenue & Customs. Currently,

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Champion Awarded ‘Best Financial Services Company’

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded ‘Best Financial Services Company’ at the Lancashire Business Awards! The annual awards, held by Downtown in Lancashire, took place on Thursday 15th November at Stanley House, Mellor. It is a night dedicated to reward the most successful,

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Martin Joins Insurance Team

A warm welcome to MARTIN THORNES who joins the Champion Insurance Brokers team as Accounts Executive. Martin, 34, hails from Tameside and is ACII qualified with the Chartered Insurance Institute. He joins Champion after working as Account Handler at CCG Insurance Brokers for just under three years.

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Nick Joins Contractors

A warm welcome to NICK WOOLHAM who joins the Champion Contractors Team. 31 year old Nick from Bolton joins the team having a total of 8 years relevant experience under his belt, working at companies such as BUPA and PAYEpeople. Nick chose to join Champion after the

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Chartered Status For Champion Insurance Brokers

We are delighted to announce that Champion Insurance Brokers have been awarded the prestigious ‘Chartered Insurance Brokers’ title by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII). Chartered status is an exclusive title only awarded to firms which meet rigorous criteria relating to professionalism and capability. All Chartered Insurance Brokers

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Lancashire Business Awards

We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated for the ‘Best Financial Services Company’ in the Lancashire Business Awards. The Lancashire Business Awards are held once a year by Downtown in Preston and reward the most successful, high growth and innovative companies from across the

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Champion adds to Audits & Accounts Team

A warm welcome to BEN CLARKSON who joins our Blackpool team as Audit & Accounts Trainee. 18 year old Ben recently left college with A-Levels in Law, Economics, Maths, Business Studies and Critical Thinking under his belt. He realised Accounting was the career path he wanted to

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