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• Category: Corporate Finance
  • Cowgills advises Fast Frame Europe on sale to Inwido AB Sweden
• Category: Audit
  • FRS 102 overhaul 2026 – important changes for businesses
• Category: Accounts
  • How outsourcing your finance function could transform your business
• Category: Deal Advisory
  • Steel Dynamics Group acquisition of Offshore Stainless Supplies Limited
  • Refinancing of TK Components Group Limited by TC Loans Limited
  • Cowgills Deal Advisory supports 9xb on their sale to Velstar
  • Cowgills advises Strategic Property Management on sale to Roger Hannah
• Category: R&D Tax Relief
  • Research & Development claim notification requirements
  • A short guide to RDEC tax credits
• Category: Making Tax Digital
  • Making Tax Digital for landlords and the self-employed – what you need to know
• Category: VAT
  • How to fill out a VAT Return: Step by step guide
  • HMRC targets VAT fraud in property & construction
  • Autumn Budget 2025 – VAT predictions and possibilities
• Category: Business Funding
• Category: Business Recovery
  • Crackdown on directors who dissolve companies to evade debts including Bounce Back Loans
  • Can’t repay a bounce back loan: What are the consequences and solutions?
  • Conversion to CVL allowed where HMRC is the only “unsecured” creditor
  • Cowgills Business Recovery drives growth with senior hire
• Category: News
  • Paul Stringer becomes new managing partner
• Category: General
  • Double win at The Business Desk North West Rainmaker Awards for Cowgills
  • Cowgills reaffirms commitment to Bolton with new office in the town
  • Cowgills raises £59,000 for charity to celebrate 40 years in business
• Category: Property
  • Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for construction contracts – should they really be avoided?
  • When can Land Remediation Relief be claimed?
  • Converting commercial property to residential use? Get the VAT right before you start!
  • Changes to Business Property Relief (BPR) and the consequences for family construction business
  • Changes to Revenue Recognition for Property & Construction Businesses
  • Cowgills advises Starship on £4.6m funding from Sancus Lending
  • Changes to Lease Accounting for Property & Construction Sector Companies
  • Cowgills North West Homebuilder Awards 2025 raises over £18k for NSPCC as event continues to grow
  • 8 reasons you need a specialist accountant for your property development business
  • Ronseal, Heinz and property finance!
  • Stick to your sausages
• Category: Tax
  • Inheritance tax reliefs: Draft legislation published confirming changes to BPR and APR
  • Tax relief on travel expenses if you are working from home
  • Proposed Changes for Offshore Trusts: What You Need to Know
  • Labour confirm non-dom reform will go ahead
  • What you need to know about Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR)
  • Everything you need to know about salary sacrifice arrangements
  • New Companies House ID requirements from 8 April
  • Companies House to introduce major rule changes
  • A quick guide to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)
  • Tax changes for double cab pick-up trucks
  • Tax reliefs for furnished holiday lets scrapped
  • Advisory Fuel Rates from 1 September 2025
  • Be prepared for self-assessment with our five top tips
  • The dangers of AI tax advice
  • Annual Event Exemption – a £150 tax-free treat for staff!
  • IHT mitigation through ‘gifts out of surplus income’
  • Family Investment Companies: a strategic vehicle for wealth preservation and succession
  • What to think about ahead of the 2025 Autumn Budget
  • HMRC restarts Direct Recovery of Debts: what businesses and individuals need to know
  • Autumn Budget 2025 – Full report
  • Guide to Enterprise Management Incentive (‘EMI’) schemes
  • Changes to Employee Car Ownership Schemes from October 2026
  • VAT on converting commercial premises to residential use
  • VAT on hotels and holiday accommodation
  • VAT due on compensation payments – the implications for the property and construction sector
  • Key tax dates for your 2025 calendar
  • Is your project eligible for the VAT DIY Housebuilder Scheme?
  • Rental income scrutinised by HMRC
  • Making Tax Digital for landlords – what you need to know
  • Option to tax: What you need to know
  • Payrolling of benefits in kind delayed until April 2027
  • Purchases of own shares: Multiple completion contracts
  • Bonus or Dividend: Which is most tax effective?
  • Self assessment threshold rises to £150k
  • What can we expect in the Autumn Statement on 22 November?
  • Will Inheritance Tax be Abolished?
  • Capital Gains Tax deduction not allowed for introductory and project management fees
  • HMRC targeting undeclared dividend payments
  • Payrolling of benefits in kind to become mandatory
  • Advisory Fuel Rates from 1 March 2024

Track Record

• Cowgills advise Solen Energy on sale to Kingspan PLC
• Cowgills advised IDNS on management buyout
• Cowgills advise theICEway on investment from Key Capital Partners
• Cowgills advised ArmstrongB2B on investment from Foresight Group
• Cowgills advises Next Stage 4 Life on sale to CFS Care
• Cowgills advise Alderley Analytical on sale to Synexa Life Sciences
• Cowgills advise Civic Engineers on acquisition of Watt Energy & Consulting Engineers
• Cowgills advise Travel Seen on acquisition of eShores
• Cowgills advise Yard Data on sale to Koios Consulting
• Cowgills advise Metric Search on multi-million BGF investment
• Cowgills advise 9xb on sale to Velstar
• Cowgills advise Duality Group on sale to Sureserve Group
• Cowgills advise Harley Academy on investment from Rockpool Investments
• Cowgills advise Pitalia Capital on its investment into Chemist4U
• Cowgills advise Scorpion on a leveraged buyout
• Cowgills advise KnownOrigin on their acquisition by eBay
• Cowgills advises UK Landscapes on their investment from Mercia
• Cowgills advise on investment into Steamforged Games
• Cowgills advise on Highlander Computer Solutions sale to FluidOne
• Cowgills advised on the acquisition of Total Swimming by JD Sports
• Cowgills advise Coeus Consulting on sale to Wavestone
• Cowgills advise Coeus Consulting on sale to Wavestone
• Cowgills advised on sale of Mekon Ltd to Orbis Technologies
• Cowills advised YFM Equity Partners (YFM) on investment into Think Hire
• Cowgills advise Zonal Retail Data Systems Limited on acquisition of Airship Services
• Cowgills advise Hedgehog Lab Holdings Limited on merger
• Cowgills advised the sale of Anglo European Group to Amari Metals
• Cowgills advise Communicate Better on a sale to Daisy Communications
• Cowgills advised James Nuttall Holdings on the disposal of their business to WH Bowker
• Cowgills advised Brave the Skies on acquisition by Dark Matter Commerce
• Cowgills advises Window to the Womb on MBO
• Cowgills advised Unrvld on its acquisition of Made to Engage
• Cowgills advises Ampersand on acquisition by IDHL
• Cowgills advise on Dekko Window Systems sale to Inwido AB
• Cowgills advise Streetwise and Enviroflow on sale to RSK
• Cowgills advise on sale of A1 Services to Hanson Quarry Products Europe
• Cowgills advise Bornmore Metals on acquisition of P&P Non-Ferrous
• Cowgills advise Miller Waite on sale to Intec Business Technology
• Cowgills advise CCM Motorcycles on investment by Pitalia Capital
• Cowgills advise Marmalade Games on investment by LDC
• Cowgills advise Community Health and Eyecare on PE investment
• Cowgills advise Diagnostic Healthcare on investment from G Square Capital
• Cowgills advise Steel Dynamics Group on acquisition of Offshore Stainless Supplies
• Cowgills advised Polythene Film Company Limited on sale to Cadman Capital
• Cowgills advise Airangel on disposal of business to Freshwave
• Cowgills advise Austin Wilkinson on sale to EFS Global
• Cowgills advised Assembly Solutions on its MBO
• Cowgills advise Rothwell Plumbing Services on acquisition of Rogersons Homeserve+
• Cowgills advise CTI Digital on acquisition of IXIS
• Cowgills advised Network Integrity Services on sale to Calligo
• Cowgills advise Kagool on their first acquisition of Delete UK
• Cowgills advise Fabriweld Tubular Steel Products on management buy in
• Cowgills advise Gilmourbanks on sale to Outcomes First Group
• Cowgills advise Kagool on the £6m investment from BGF
• Cowgills advised Contact Industrial Recruitment on sale to Kingdom Services Group
• Cowgills advise Assist Group on sale to Idverde
• Cowgills advise AIMS Investments on majority-stake in Beech
• Cowgills advise hotel on disposal of business to BH Investment Group
• Roadway Civil Engineering & Surfacing Ltd
• Cowgills advise Cheshire Business Services on disposal of company to InTec Business Solutions
• Cowgills advises on the MBO of Forest Sofa Limited
• Cowgills advise Sports Tours International on acquisition of Freewheel Holidays
• Cowgills advise on Educare sale to Horizon Care
• Cowgills advise on PlumbNation sale to Travis Perkins
• Cowgills advise Gilbraith on sale to Pollock Limited
• Cowgills advise on the sale of Neville Gee to Ideal Recruit
• Cowgills advise Bridgewater Human Capital on acquisition of Systems Training
• Cowgills advise Buckley Scott on sale Crawford & Company
• Cowgills advised on the acquisition of Edit19 by dock10
• Cowgills advise Anglo European on investment from Octopus Investments
• Cowgills advised Academy Leasing on sale to 1pm
• Cowgills advised WHR Property Consultants on acquisition of Avison Young
• Cowgills advised on sale of Aluminum Shapes to Aluminum Developments Group