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Announcing our merger with Top 100 accounting firm Rouse 1 May 2025 Clients, Company News - Amongst a wave of acquisitions and private equity activity in the accountancy sector, the Finerva-Rouse merger bucks the trend. Both firms will benefit from the combined scale and resources while retaining their independence.

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Entrepreneurship in the UK: The “Start, Scale, Stay” Plan Explained 4 Dec 2025 Policy, Tech - The plan is built on a simple mantra: backing companies to start, scale, and stay in the UK.
Budget 2025: Home working tax relief scrapped for 300,000 employees 4 Dec 2025 Tax - The policy change creates a direct cost for employees relying on this relief. Basic rate taxpayers will see an annual tax increase of £62.
What Rachel Reeves’ Budget Means For Tech, Innovation & SMEs 26 Nov 2025 Policy, Trends - Tax-raising rumours and leaks have been making budget headlines for months now. What hasn't is a reassuring commitment of this government to high-growth SMEs, tech-sector businesses and cutting-edge research.
Lessons From The UK’s Top 50 Exits 12 Nov 2025 Exit, Trends - The most successful founders are those who build a company to be bought, not sold.
SaaS Stumbles in 2025: End of an Era, or Just Growing Pains? 23 Oct 2025 Tech, Valuation - There is a widening gap between SaaS and the rest of the market starting in April 2025, and it's just getting larger and larger.
The Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Attack: a £1.9bn Case Study in Systemic Risk 23 Oct 2025 Strategy, Trends - The Jaguar Land Rover attack highlights several major threats and vulnerabilities in the cybersecurity space.
The 2025 AWS Outage Reignited The UK’s Tech Sovereignty Debate 23 Oct 2025 Policy, Tech - The AWS outage raised a point about architectural resilience on one hand, and one about sovereignty and accountability on the other.
BoobyBiome Raises £2.5m to Preserve Breast Milk’s Microbiome 24 Sep 2025 Clients, Fundraising - BoobyBiome, a startup focused on studying and preserving breast milk’s microbiome, just closed a £2.5m Seed round led by Empirical Ventures.
Our Predictions For The 2025 Autumn Budget 24 Sep 2025 Policy, Tax - Here's our five Budget predictions for start-ups and scale-ups, prepared together with our Tax colleague Oscar Wingham at Rouse.
What The “Tech Prosperity Deal” Means For UK Start-Ups 23 Sep 2025 Opinion, Policy - Beyond the fancy dinners and royal meets and greets, tech has been one of the main protagonist of Trump's second presidential visit to the UK.
How The New Company Size Thresholds Affect Your Business 22 May 2025 Policy - Companies moving down to a smaller size category will enjoy reduced reporting requirements and auditing requirements.
Employment Related Securities (ERS) Returns due on 6 July 18 May 2025 Deadlines - If you have an EMI Options Scheme, please note that the deadline for filing the EMI annual return is on 6 July 2025.