Solutions

Solutions to help your business grow

We understand the issues you face and offer solutions to meet your needs through any stage of your business life-cycle. Maintaining growth means continuously developing your business and having the right solutions to help you maximise opportunities.

 

We work towards forming long-term relationships with our clients. Our transport and logistics team delivers integrated advice in the following service areas:

Tax Planning

Like other sectors, businesses involved in transport and logistics need to mitigate and manage tax liabilities, but many fail to do so. Companies involved in this sector face additional complications arising from international trade and indirect tax from the international movement of goods. We work with our clients to optimise their tax position. Specific areas of consideration being:

Capital allowance reviews
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To maximise tax savings and reliefs associated with investment in property and vehicles.
VAT and duty planning
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To reduce business risk in this complex area and improve cash flow.
International tax planning
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Ensuring consideration is given to the tax implications of trading in overseas jurisdictions and an overall tax strategy is developed.
Tax efficient remuneration
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Rewarding, motivating and retaining key employees through share option schemes, and remuneration strategies for business owners.

Business advice

Regulatory issues
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Drivers mileage (tachographs), overnight claims and a whole host of other red tape items need constant attention as fines and penalties for non-compliance can seriously damage your business. We also work with clients to use regulation to identify business development opportunities, such as HMRC Authorised Economic Agent status.
Contracts
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By helping with negotiations, consideration of fuel price accelerators and logistics management, we can help you add significant value to your business.
Consultancy
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Managing risk, succession planning, management reporting, organisational structure, forecasting and cash-flow management are all essential to your commercial success. We can help you to develop a strategy and plan that will unlock the value in your business.
Key staff retention and motivation
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We can advise you on share schemes and other employee benefits to help you retain and motivate your most valued staff.
Corporate finance
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Whether you are launching a new company or expanding an existing venture, we can help you with mergers and acquisitions, MBOs, disposals, business valuations and raising finance.

Audit and assurance advice

Audit and assurance advice
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Our experience of audits allows us to minimise disruption and provide a meaningful assessment of your business performance. Combined with management reporting on revenue recognition, international reporting and outsourced management accounts, we can help your business at any stage of its life-cycle.

Our strong transport and logistics client base and in-depth knowledge of industry issues and market cycles mean that we are ideally placed to advise you. Please contact us to arrange a no-obligation initial consultation.
Outsourcing and payroll
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Outsourcing your management accounts and payroll can free you from a large administrative burden, letting you focus your resources on developing your business.

As a member of HLB International, we work with an increasing number of overseas companies investing in the UK and setting up overseas. Our strong transport & logistics client base and in-depth knowledge of industry issues and market cycles mean that we are ideally placed to advise you through these challenges. Please contact us to arrange a no-obligation initial consultation.

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