For those of you who missed this, Enterprise Week started yesterday 12 November. The aim of enterprise week is to encourage young people, those in the 14-30 age group, to run with their ideas and make it happen. This is a great idea, but what struck me is that until today I had not heard [...]
We have been keeping all our clients up-to-date with the changes that are coming about with the new Companies Act 2006, this is the replacement for the Companies Act 1985. As many of you will know, the changes have been dripped in so far with the main changes to take effect from 1 October 2008, [...]
Den over at AccManPro has written a piece about making strategy work for you. In it he refers to David Maister and a comment made in David’s forthcoming book: Any business that tries to deliver all four virtues of quality, cost, variety and speed is doomed to failure. I would agree with that, but here [...]
Many of us leave it to the last minute to ensure we are investing tax efficiently, but why? I therefore want to remind everyone, don’t leave it until 5 April 2008 and then panic about missing the boat, look at your investment strategy now. Ask yourself, have you got an ISA (Individual Savings Account), an [...]
If you hold and process information about your customers, employees or suppliers, you’ll need to comply with the Data Protection Act. This states that personal information must be kept secure, up to date and processed lawfully and fairly. Therefore, you need to be aware that if you are processing any information as mentioned above you [...]
Any PAYE and National Insurance Contribution deductions to 5 November 2007 should be paid over to HMRC by 19 November 2007 (If paying electronically you have until the 22 November 2007). Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) – CIS tax deducted for the month ended 5 November 2007 is payable over to HMRC by 19 November 2007. [...]
Recently Stefan made a posting ‘what questions should I ask my accountant’, this prompted me to make a posting about the different structures available to you when starting a business. Well today I am going to follow on from Stefan’s posting and go into a bit more detail on what others questions you should be [...]
Yellow pages have released a report that six out of every ten new businesses are set up by people aged over 50, they have been labeled Silver Startups. This is something that many of us in the business support industry have also seen over recent years, an increase in the number of ‘older’ people starting [...]
Prowess the network that supports the growth of women’s business ownership has conducted research into the number of women leaving employment and going self employed. The results though are not as striking as I was expecting, especially with the growth of the internet and all the opportunities it brings, especially for mothers at home, who [...]
Well, I always thought the phrase was charity starts at home, but according to recent research compiled by Enterprise Nation a staggering six out of every ten businesses start at home. No real surprise though, after all starting a business at home has many advantages, amongst them it’s a great way to keep the costs [...]
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