By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, the Carmarthenshire Herald and the Llanelli Herald.
 
British banks approved fewer mortgages last month, despite a boost from existing home-owners looking to lock

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthen Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The ‘B’ word continues to dominate the news agenda and the headlines on TV, radio and on the

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthen Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The Government is reminding ‘stressed out parents’ that help may be available for childcare costs during the summer

The team at Clay Shaw Butler have been able to play a key role in helping Oil4Wales clinch a new investment deal.
The deal will see a popular and high-profile filling station on the busy A48 near Carmarthen get a new lease of

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
 
HMRC has announced that it has saved the public more than £2.4m by tackling fraudsters that trick them into using premium rate phone numbers for services that HMRC provide for

By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
 
The taxman at HMRC has confirmed that the tax gap for 2016/17 has fallen to 5.7%.
The ‘tax gap’ is the difference between the tax that should theoretically be paid