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Mark Ashton

Mark is a Chartered Accountant who qualified with Lancaster Haskins after joining the firm straight from University in 1992. Mark progressed through the ranks as manager and associate and became a partner of the firm in 2006.

Mark has a wealth of experience in all aspects of general practice and taxation and is currently the firm's audit compliance and practice assurance principle. Notable achievements include the sale of several locally grown businesses to UK and US multi-nationals.

Mark is a long suffering Wolves supporter, keen amateur golfer and regular visitor to New Road to watch Worcestershire CC.

Budget March 2024

1 month ago

In past years, the annual Budget was shrouded in secrecy. No one was supposed to know what was in the Red Box that the Chancellor held up outside 11 Downing Street on his way to Parliament. There was an element of suspense. Now it seems that most of the proposals were predicted in the morning papers – the television pundits were reduced to speculating whether Jeremy Hunt would produce ‘a rabbit from his hat’, but it turned out that the hat only contained what was expected.

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Autumn Statement November 2023

5 months ago

In the weeks leading up to the Autumn Statement, the press was full of speculation about tax cuts. This was a surprise, just over a year after the tax cuts announced by Kwasi Kwarteng were judged imprudent by the international markets, contributing to a fall in the value of sterling and increases in interest rates. Nevertheless, it seemed that a side effect of inflation was that higher incomes and prices had fed through into higher tax receipts; the Chancellor had more in his coffers – more ‘fiscal headroom’ – than had been predicted in the Spring, and commentators were suggesting what he might do with it.

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