On the day of the Budget, TaxAssist Accountants was pleased to provide its franchisees with personalised versions of the Budget 2021 material to share and communicate with clients, prospects and business referral contacts.

This summary was delivered via an e-mail newsletter to its clients highlighting the announcements that will affect small businesses and the self-employed.

The latter was personalised for franchisees’ individual websites highlighting the changes pertinent to their businesses just hours after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his third Budget, and second of the year.

During the day, the Support Centre team of tax experts and marketing professionals posted live updates to the Tax Assist Twitter account and on the national Facebook page. 

The following content was added to the website for franchisees to share on their social media profiles:

• Autumn Budget 2021 Summary and Highlights
• Recovery Loan Scheme extended to June 2022
• Reforming UK Research & Development tax reliefs
• Key reforms to business rates announced in the Autumn Budget

A free ‘Budget Over Breakfast Webinar’ was hosted live at 8am on the day after the Budget, which was well attended by clients. This provided an overview of the key announcements from the Budget. 

James Mattam, Group Business Development Director at TaxAssist Accountants, said: “As we do every year, the Support Centre team worked hard to ensure we delivered bespoke Budget commentary in a timely and efficient manner, emailing thousands of clients on the day of the Budget through our centralised mailing system.

“This speed of response is hugely beneficial to the accountants in our network because it means they can follow up with their clients on how they can advise them further after the announcements made by the Chancellor. Our teams are able to share these faster than the competition, giving our franchisees a huge advantage.”