Duncan & Toplis On Air is the Duncan & Toplis podcast, hosted by our Chief Marketing Officer, Caroline Cleary. Each month, Caroline will be joined by special guests to bring you current news, key sector updates and valuable insights through engaging conversations.
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Graeme Hills, Head of Tax, and Heather Hodson, Chartered Financial Planner, to discuss the announcements in the 2025 Autumn Budget.
Graeme and Heather share their reactions to the announcements delivered by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, on Wednesday 26 November, and delving deeper into the changes to ISA allowances, pensions and income tax thresholds being frozen for another three years.
11 Jun 2025
The Duncan & Toplis Foundation
Niall Kingsley, Chair of The Duncan & Toplis Foundation, joins Caroline to examine how the foundation supports local charities and shares future goals as its third anniversary approaches in this interview.
3 Apr 2025
Spring Statement 2025 Reaction
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Graeme Hills, Head of Tax at Duncan & Toplis and Heather Hodson, Chartered Financial Planner at Castlegate Financial Management, to discuss the announcements in the 2025 Spring Statement.
Graeme and Heather share their reactions to the announcements delivered by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves on Wednesday 26 March. They also provide an update on the upcoming changes from last year's Autumn Budget and highlight the impact for people's personal finances.
26 Feb 2025
Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report 2025
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Rachel Barrett, Business Services Director and Head of Academies at Duncan & Toplis, to discuss the recently released 2025 Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report.
Rachel shares her initial thoughts and reaction to the report, highlighting the most important findings, such as a third of trusts now holding less than 5% reserves, and 81% of trusts indicating that teacher costs were their biggest financial challenges.
16 Dec 2024
Reflections on 2024 | Festive Special
Duncan & Toplis CEO Damon Brain shares his personal highlights from 2024 and outlines ambitious plans for 2025, offering valuable insights for business leaders.
14 Oct 2024
Exploring the Role of Leadership in a High Performance Team
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Alistair Main, Director and Head of Assurance at Duncan & Toplis, and Damon Tunnicliffe, Director and Head of Payroll at Duncan & Toplis, as they discuss their respective teams and their roles as heads of service line.
Having recently been shortlisted for 'Progressive Audit Firm of the Year' and 'Progressive Payroll Team of the Year', Alistair and Damon discuss their respective teams and areas, how they progressed to where they are now, and how they think their high-performing teams can continue to progress in the future in the ever-changing technological world.
18 Jul 2024
General Election UK | What Does a New Government Mean for Tax
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Graeme Hills, Head of Tax and Director at Duncan & Toplis, and they discuss the result of the recent general election and the impacts a change in government can mean for taxes.
Graeme shares some thoughts on taxation for businesses and individuals, and what he would do first were he to be appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
7 Jun 2024
Kreston UK Charities Report 2024
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Niall Kingsley, Head of Charities and Director at Duncan & Toplis, as they discuss the recently released Kreston UK Charities Report 2024.
Niall shares his initial thoughts and reaction to the report, highlighting the financial outlook for charities, the biggest risks emerging and the overall feelings charities expressed in the report.
24 May 2024
GP Practices | Exploring Current Challenges in Healthcare
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Kay Botley, Head of Healthcare at Duncan & Toplis to discuss the current challenges faced by GP practices.
Having recently entered a new financial year, Kay shares her thoughts regarding the recent Spring Budget and what that means for partners in general practice. Kay also shares her recommendations for GP practices and what GP partners should be aware of.
6 Mar 2024
Spring Budget 2024 Reaction
In this special edition of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Tax Director Graeme Hills delivers his reaction to the 2024 Spring Budget.
He shares his initial thoughts on the impact the Chancellor's measures will have on businesses, employees, and the self-employed, ahead of our upcoming seminar.
22 Feb 2024
Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report 2024
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Rachel Barrett, head of academies at Duncan & Toplis and co-author of the recently released 2024 Kreston UK Academies Benchmark Report.
Rachel shares her initial thoughts and reaction to the report, highlighting the most important findings and what lies ahead for the future of MATs and the wider education sector.
29 Jan 2024
In pursuit of talent | Finding and keeping the best
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by Shane Sale, to discuss the importance of positive people experience in the workplace and the ongoing challenges of talent acquisition.
Shane shares his thoughts and knowhow on the difficulties businesses face when recruiting, and in retaining top talent, and how you can refocus to get the best-fit candidates for your organisation.
7 Dec 2023
Growth
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by director, Damon Brain, to discuss the recent Duncan & Toplis growth announcement.
Damon shares his thoughts on our biggest period of growth since our formation almost 100 years ago.
22 Nov 2023
Autumn Statement 2023 Reaction
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, Caroline is joined by head of tax, Nicholas Smith, to discuss his reaction to the Autumn Statement 2023.
We share initial thoughts on the impact the Chancellor's measures will have on businesses, employees, and the self-employed, ahead of our upcoming webinar.
6 Oct 2023
Key Trends in Legal Marketing
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, we discuss key marketing trends in the legal sector, as we are joined by special guest, Steve Bedford from Conical.
We discuss the impact the pandemic has had on the legal sector and how marketing strategy fits within law firms.
30 Aug 2023
Compliance
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, we talk all things regulatory and compliance, as we are joined by our head of technical and compliance, Stuart Brown.
We discuss the importance of compliance in accountancy and congratulate Stuart on his recent appointment to the ICAEW's Members and Commercial Board.
26 Jul 2023
International Day of Friendship
In this session of Duncan & Toplis On Air, we are joined by HR Director, Heidi Thompson, to celebrate the International Day of Friendship taking place on Sunday 30 July.
We discuss the importance of friendship and explore how strong connections can positively impact our lives, with insight into how interactions have changed within the digital age. We also discuss how these changes have enabled us to create friendships with international friends in the Kreston Global network.
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