Aimee Canning

Budget day often brings significant tax announcements. This year was rather more measured. Whilst there were no major changes to headline rates, the Budget included several targeted reforms affecting private wealth, family businesses, pensions and trusts, alongside a greater focus on HMRC compliance activity. Our specialists have summarised the key points and what they could mean in practice.

We are pleased to have advised Millemont Capital Partners on a series of significant UK hotel acquisitions completed in 2026, including the acquisition of the Courtyard by Marriott Oxford City Centre and the acquisition and financing of the Crowne Plaza Marlow Hotel and Crowne Plaza Reading Hotel.

Partner, Charlie Hewlett and Associate, Will Timbrell outline the eight main conditions which must be satisfied for a shareholder to be eligible for the tax benefits of selling to an employee ownership trust and the risks business owners should be aware of.

Is your Family Business running on outdated documents? Corporate Partner, Charlie Hewlett explores why long‑forgotten articles of association and shareholders’ agreements can hold back modern family enterprises, and how refreshing them can strengthen control, succession and the clarity families rely on.