Getting to know business tax
Chris Cooper provides a back-to-basics overview of business tax for start-ups and SMEs.
How to start a business
So you have a great idea or skill and you want to start a business to make money from it? We give you the important first steps to set off on the right foot.
The 3 Vital Components for an Effective Marketing Strategy
By Pip Evan-Cook Traffic wardens get a bad rap. Even a VERY kindly traffic warden, who is excellent at their job, does charity work on weekend, and is kind to animals may be treated like Darth Vader’s slightly-less evil twin on a daily basis. Marketeers, on the other hand, get a ‘good rap’. What do…
How Can An IFA Help A Business?
In the first of our Guest Blogs Vivian Slattery, of Monetary Solutions Limited, shows how an IFA can help your business How can an IFA help a business?by Vivian Slattery of Monetary Solutions Limited A few years ago, I met someone who had recently joined a company where the sole director was left in a…
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Start Up Season
The first half of the year is a popular time for new businesses to start. According to research from Startup Britain, in 2016 80 new companies registered with Companies House each hour in the first half of the year. By November 2016 just under 600,000 new businesses had been registered. On the face of it…
5 Reasons To Write A Guest Blog
Blog writing can be a bit of a marmite affair – you either love it or hate it. You probably have days full of ideas and then writers block when it comes to putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). If like me you have your best ideas when you are driving and forget…
The Client Where Things Go Wrong
At some point we will all have that one client where things go wrong. And keep going wrong. Your working relationship is probably very good, however on the day to day work front you may find that you are making mistakes. Silly mistakes that don’t happen with other clients. These mistakes could be down to…
Back to School Blues
The summer holidays are over and possibly beginning to feel like a distant memory. Emotions are running high as children return to school, or are going to school or university for the first time. For some September heralds the start of a new job or challenge on top of this. The carefree living of the…
Who is at the Centre of your Business Universe?
What is the focus of your business universe? Is it the love of the job, the availability or resources, or your desired working pattern? I’m hoping that you haven’t agreed with any of these and are now shouting at the screen “it’s the customer you idiot!” If you had thought of something else then I…
Time Off
Is it possible to run your own business and still have a break? I was talking to a client recently who was looking forward to a week away. When I asked them how they were covering their work for the week she said that it wasn’t a problem – the hotel has wifi so she…
