For those that have missed this, sometime ago HMRC obtained information about holders of offshore accounts from a number of banks, they claim to have details on 400,000 accounts which are not being declared for tax purposes.
If you are one of those affect, especially if you are one of the circa 200,000 that HMRC wrote […]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Going Green - Your Carbon Footprint
23-Nov-07 There is a lot of talk these days about ‘Carbon Footprints’ and the latest in phrase would appear to be that of ‘Going Green’.
In the main the UK government is using this to raise taxes, which just shows how out of touch they really are, but this blog is not about knocking the government of […]
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Construction Industry Scheme ‘CIS’
22-Nov-07 The Construction Industry Scheme recently underwent a revamp, and the new scheme came into effect from 6 April 2007.
The new scheme puts an awful lot more responsibility back on to the employing contractor than ever before, not really helping with reducing all that red tape is it Gordon?
The argument put forward for the new […]
LIP - what?
22-Nov-07 This is great, Nomads for the modern age, Location Independent Professionals ‘LIP’.
Another advantage the internet is giving the micro-business and certainly the life style business is the freedom to work, earn and even run a business from anywhere in the world.
One such example of this is Lea. Lea is a true LIP and with her […]
More accounting software …
22-Nov-07 Microsoft have now entered into the accounting software market here in the UK with Office Accounting Professional 2008.
Will we use it, probably not, because it sits on your desktop and as previously mentioned yesterday, amongst other reasons, I really do like the benefit of someone else taking care of the data back up and recovery, […]
I came across this article today by Cristina Favreau, Marketing Strategies That Work.
Marketing Strategies That Work is a follow on from Where are You Stuck in The Marketing Cycle, in this first posting Cristina dealt with which area of the marketing cycle you are either stuck in or need more help with.
Cristina breaks the […]
Nine out of Ten have Broadband
22-Nov-07 According to recent figures 88.4% of us now connect to the internet by broadband.
This is great news for small business, the internet brings with it the chance for many smaller businesses to ‘punch above their weight’ in the market place.
With Christmas around the corner it is still not to late to dust off your internet […]
Tax body updates its online presence
22-Nov-07 The Chartered Institute of Taxation ‘CIoT’ has updated its website, which is good news as the last one was looking very old and tired.
But why is he telling me this I hear you asking, I’m in business if I want tax advice I will either call you, or if a Holden Associates client go […]
Interest rates held
21-Nov-07 The Bank of England yesterday voted to hold interest rates at 5.75%, this is good news for many small businesses that have debts to service.
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