Want to work for yourself, but not sure what sort of business you want to run?
For a lot of us this is easy, we set up a business doing what it is we know, this may be a hobby, or like me it may be what you trained to do, but for others it’s not […]
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Bookkeeping
25-Oct-07 Okay, I know this is the least favorite part of running your own business, having to keep ‘the books’, but I feel at this early stage in the new Holden Associates blog it is very important that I cover this.
I cannot overstate enough how important, boring and dull maybe, but nonetheless it is important that […]
Capital Gains Tax - Now where?
24-Oct-07I recently made a post about the changes to Capital Gains Tax rules, what I refrained from doing was going into any depth, my reasons, well several fold, firstly because tax planning is something that should always be undertaken before panicking over changes to tax rules/legislation, and secondly, because there had been such a concerted […]
What help does small business need?
23-Oct-07I am a regular panelist on the UK Business Adviser Barometer, my reasons, well it helps build a true picture of the small business community here in the UK and not one that has been modified to suit any ones political agenda.
Capital Gains Tax - all change
22-Oct-07 In his recent pre-budget report the Chancellor announced a major change to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to take effect from April 2008.
There has been an outcry from many parts of the business community about this 80% increase in the rate of CGT charged. The rate will go from 10% up to 18%.
For those thinking […]
Minimum holiday entitlement
19-Oct-07A quick reminder to all those small businesses that may have missed this one, from 1 October 2007 the minimum holiday entitlement was raised from 20 days to 24 days for a 5 day week. This can either include bank holidays of which there are eight, or it can be 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, it depends […]
It’s all about expectations
19-Oct-07 Recent research from Vodafone UK has revealed that one-in-three businesses will take their custom elsewhere if a potential supplier fails to reply to them within just two hours, when dealing via e-mail.
I guess it started with fast food, now we have all become accustomed to everything right here, right now.
With technology such as e-mail we do […]
Wales lacks entrepreneurs
19-Oct-07 Research company Gavurin recently reported that Wales had an “alarming lack of budding entrepreneurs”.
Apparently only 4% of young male and female entrepreneurs are developing original business ideas, compared to 40% in London and the South East of England.
If the rate is so low I think I know why, we have clients in Wales, and one […]
People per Hour
19-Oct-07 Outsourcing has become common place in business these days, but I am not talking about the call centre we have all phoned and got irate with, no I am talking about using the services of someone who is not in the next office or room or even postcode.
Winweb already offer a service which is know […]
Innovate, Innovate ..
18-Oct-07 I read an interesting article recently in the Birmingham Post, Joanne Geary, their Enterprise Editor wrote:
Small firms must make sure they allow all staff to put forward ideas if they want to win business through innovation, the entrepreneur behind web mapping business Multimap has said.
When I first read this I thought I am sure many […]
