Whether you are a busy professional, medic or business owner, the simple answer to the question, “when should I start planning my retirement?” is – now! It’s never too early. If you organise your life now you will minimise stress for yourself and your family in future. Holiday season […]
Category Archives: Business
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Aug
Aug
When you are running a business it’s easy to confuse cashflow with profit. After all both could be considered to indicate that you’re making money, so what exactly is the difference between the two? Profit Profit looks at the total financial gain (or loss) that a business experiences over a […]
Blog, Business, Employers, VAT
Hospitality sector – promote advance payments for Christmas parties now!
12
Aug
Aug
To those of you in the hospitality and tourism sector, you have been enjoying a reduced rate of VAT (5%) since 12 July 2020. This reduced rate applies to most supplies made by hotels, tourist attractions, members’ clubs and most places that host events. It also applies to the food […]
12
Aug
Aug
Work – life balance – work to live or live to work? It’s an increasingly hot topic of late as working from home, flexible and agile working becomes more the norm. Many would think this would facilitate a balance; however, some people still find that when they are at home […]
09
Aug
Aug
There is an increasing amount of damage caused by fraud in the business world. It is easy to perceive this as a risk that just affects larger organisations or that it simply ‘won’t happen to a business’ like ours. These assumptions are dangerous and can post great risk if adequate […]
04
Aug
Aug
The landscape of Research and Development tax incentives has changed significantly over recent times, with HMRC recommitting itself to reducing the loss in tax revenues due to fraudulent or erroneous claims (currently estimated at around £311m per year by the National Audit Office). HMRC has already taken steps to reduce […]
03
Aug
Aug
A common issue in business occurs when business owners don’t fully understand how profit their business is generating. The Importance of understanding profitability: Financing – Understanding business profitability is important as profits influence financing decisions such as obtaining loans from banks. Dividends– Profitability is also important when extracting dividends […]
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Jul
Jul
Time management in running a business can often feel like this: stop, start, stop, start, think, start, stop. You don’t have the time or resources to gain full momentum most of the time and when you do, there’s always something niggling away at you that needs to be sorted. This […]
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Jul
Jul
As a business owner do you find you are wearing too many hats? If so you may need to run an organisational review on your business. In order for a business to run effectively and efficiently there needs to be a clear organisation chart, which visually defines departments, functions, roles […]
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Jul
Jul
Legal restrictions in place in respect of Covid-19 start to end today (Monday 19th July) in England, Wales and Scotland. Each country is taking a slightly different approach to timings and some of the detail around what is required, but in all countries, there is the start of an easing. […]