At Holden Associates we place a great deal of emphasis on planning the growth and development of your businesses. That is because we understand and know that it can be tempting to steam ahead in business without any real idea of what your next steps will be. ‘Playing it by ear’ is not a good [...]
It would appear that we are not the only ones offering something for £FREE. TAS Software are also offering the basic version of their software for £FREE. Well that’s great news isn’t it? Well maybe not. When we provide all our clients with the £FREE use of WinWeb OnlineOffice5 we also take the time to [...]
Business owners and managers who are prone to procrastination often feel right at home if managing finance is not one of their strengths. Finance is often one of the items that is placed on the back burner of many businesses. It does not really matter whether finance is one of your strengths or weaknesses – [...]
Some financial do’s and don’ts for the recession: At very meeting discuss, review, update and act on information concerning cash flow, have a set of projections incorporating a cash flow statement that you can refer to, update them if needed. If there is a conflict between cash flow and profitability then make sure cash flow [...]
During the current economic downturn businesses across the UK are looking to cut their costs in any way possible. Trades unions and business groups have all warned that the recession cannot be a reason to cut back on health and safety. Recently there has been a spate of significant health and safety cases, many of [...]
For convenience, a number of key government departments issue all their changes in regulation for business twice a year, on 6 April and 1 October. These are called common commencement dates “CCDs”. CCDs enable you to prepare your business for the implementation of any changes needed to comply with new and revised regulations. So, if [...]
Is this what it feels like when you visit your accountant? I know some of our newest clients will recognise this, but only when they visited their previous accountants, honest. Technorati Tags: Accountants,Self Employed,Tax Return,VAT,PAYE,Payroll
Since Holden Associates chose WinWeb to be our partner in offering online solutions to all our clients there has been a lot of interest in what is now termed ‘cloud computing’. The choice of online accounting software {also known as Software As A Services ‘SaaS’} has also increased, dramatically, but why Holden Associates are still [...]
Thanks to Stefan over at The Small Business Blog for the heads up about this. This is a feel good video from Grasshopper, done in the feel good way only the Americans can do, but more importantly it reminds us all that we can get out there and if we believe enough we can run [...]
Thank you to Formations Direct ‘FD’ for this: Recently formed limited companies are receiving bogus notices that they have to pay a further fee to complete their registration. The fraudster’s style and website are extremely convincing. The fraud came to light when FD customers rang to ask why their company formations were incomplete. Subsequent enquiries [...]
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