There is a lot of information out there on the internet, some of it good , some not so good. So it makes a change to find a small business website that is not only free from all those annoying pop up banners that seem to crop up when a website starts to do well, [...]
I know the postal strikes have been causing havoc for many small businesses lately, so maybe now is the time look into your alternatives. If the Royal Mail and their people are causing havoc for your business look at the alternatives, and if that means Royal Mail loose more business then that’s their own fault for not [...]
I meant to blog yesterday but I hadn’t reckoned on the time it would take to get a new laptop set up. We took delivery of a nice shiny new laptop on Tuesday late afternoon for a member of the team, so I thought I would spend a few hours on Wednesday setting it up, you [...]
The CBI recently called for the next minimum wage rise to be a small one, we currently have a minimum wage of £5.52 for employees who are 22 or older, £4.60 for those ages 18-21 and £3.40 for those who are under 18 and no longer of compulsory school age. Now here is my problem, firstly [...]
A quick recap for those who don’t know, but Arctic Systems was a small IT business where the husband was the income earner but as his wife also had shares in the business they were able to arrange their tax affairs in a most efficient manner, they would split the profits between themselves in a [...]
This new act comes into force on 8 April 2008, so a bit of advance warning here, but make sure you prepare today. The act itself has been brought about to make those businesses who ignore the health and safety of their staff accountable. Unlike a lot of new acts and regulation I think this one [...]
This article in the Times Online caught my attention, apparently research carried out by YouGov found that 45% of would be entrepreneurs are put off by the legal requirements involved. Their worries included failure, employment law and tax. Hey that’s easily dealt with, failure can be one of the best ways to learn, ask any ultra successful entrepreneur, most [...]
Today, Monday 15th October 2007 marks the day that the Holden Associates blog goes live. We have since October 2004 had a regular monthly news page on our site, and although this proved useful it also had its limitations. So we decided it was time to move with the times and get blogging! I have [...]
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