As I’m sure you know, the VAT rate increased from 15% to 17.5% on January 1st 2010. This has caused adminstrative challenges for everyone in business, and has hit small businesses such as veterinary practices particularly hard. It’s clear that the government is sadly lacking in ministers who have successfully run businesses. Anyway I’m sorry to add to your challenges when it comes to booking your veterinary cpd for 2010, but if you have a Spring 2010 Brochure, the VAT rate and the prices including VAT are now wrong. As brochures have to be produced well in advance to allow you to book the courses of your choice, I’m afraid we had to include the old 15% VAT rate in this brochure. When you’re booking courses using this brochure, please calculate the VAT at 17.5% and send in the correct course fee. Thank you in advance for your assistance.