Newsletters
I have found everyone at Humphrey & Co. to be friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Nothing ever seems to be too much trouble for them and the service they have provided me over the last 5 years has been very good.
When I started up my business they were encouraging and informative, helping me through the minefield of tax, VAT and other issues. I love their human approach and clear explanations of things that could become overwhelming to the lay-person. In comparison to other accountancy services that I have used, they are very good value for money – I have never had cause to question a single penny I have paid them. To adapt the words of a well known advert "They’re worth it"!
We are always contactable when clients wish to discuss any changes which impact on their personal circumstances. However, we also like to update our clients by newsletter to highlight important changes and to provide a more irreverent view on the actions of our politicians. Some of our recent newsletters can be seen below. You may need Adobe Reader to view these PDF files.
Budget 2011
"The problems facing the UK are massive and are not going to be resolved quickly. The nation’s finances can only be improved by allowing the private sector to grow unencumbered by administrative burdens, red tape and high taxes….."
Budget 2010
"Perhaps the taxpayer could forgive the Government for wrecking the public finances so comprehensively if they could see that the orgy of borrowing and spending had led to commensurate improvements in the infrastructure of the country..."
Budget 2009
"Alistair Darling’s second Budget last month was quite remarkable. His Pre-Budget Report last year was profoundly depressing. This Budget speech was even worse."
Pre Budget Report December 2008
"It gives us no great pleasure to say it, but we told you so. The Pre-Budget Report, recited recently by the ventriloquist’s dummy, Mr Darling, was a seminal moment when the sheer scale of the economic ruin facing the country was laid out for all to see."
Pre Budget 2008 Newsletter [PDF]
Budget 2008
"Gordon Brown has told us so many times what a miraculous economy we have. Sixty consecutive quarters of growth, employment at record levels, low interest rates, the abolition of boom and bust. The disingenuous bluster didn’t stop there…."
Budget 2007
The dramatic story of the Sub Prime mortgage collapse (mortgages made to high risk borrowers) unfolding in America seems in many ways quite detached from us, but when one considers the lax lending policies that have been in place in this country for some time now, one sees similarities which are uncomfortable."
Budget 2006
"In reality however, Brown underlined his belief that there is no problem which can’t be solved if only more taxpayers’ money and state intrusion is aimed at it."
Budget 2004
"However, once the spin was discounted and the full details of the Budget provisions emerged, the picture for the small business community looked somewhat less than rosy."
Budget 2003
"Unfortunately, all of the above points towards Taxpayers having to work longer, pay more Tax and retire later."
Budget 2002
"The tax credit system (designed presumably, by Civil Servants with little or no knowledge of the real world)..."