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With just over two weeks until the Self Assessment deadline, taxpayers who have yet to submit their tax return have been thrown a lifeline in the form of expert guidance to assist them in fully utilising their business expenses within HMRC's regulations on allowable expenses. David Redfern, managing director of DSR Tax Claims Ltd has issued his well-timed advice in order to assist the millions of taxpayers who have yet to file and submit their online Self Assessment tax return.

We all know it’s difficult for first-time buyers to get a mortgage, but as a professional in the plumbing and heating industry, you may be aware it can also be as equally difficult to get a mortgage if you’re a business owner, contractor or simply classed as self-employed.

Is it more difficult to get a mortgage when you’re self-employed?

Graham Plumbers’ Merchant recently surprised one loyal customer – naming him as the winner of Graham’s Give a Truck prize draw. Andrew Crookes from Bristol was the lucky name chosen from the thousands of entries to scoop the brand new Nissan Navara.

Andrew Crookes, of P&N Property Solutions based in Keynsham, was drawn from the thousands of qualifying purchases and was presented with the prize at his local branch in Bristol during the Graham Customer F1rst Tour.

“I thought they were having a joke at first! I can’t quite believe it,” Andrew said after being told he had won. “The timing of this is amazing, I’ve been looking at a pickup as my next vehicle for a while now, so to be handed the keys to the new Navara is fantastic.