I know this is a strange posting for me to make, but it is prompted by a recent article by Kristen Fischer on Freelance Switch.
Kirsten covers the basics in this posting, such as sort your receipts, compile forms and believe it or not get an accountant.
So this got me thinking, do accountants do enough to […]
For the early years business, or the business that is a start-up, there are so many things to think about and even more to know.
This having to know it all is a reason so many don’t know which way to turn, there are a lot of different government funded organisations out there offering support […]
Q: I own and operate a custom glass terrarium company that designs enclosures for reptiles, amphibians and insects.Currently, I manufacture between 100-150 units per month but would like to boost that number to 100-150 per week. At the moment, all my free time is dedicated to this business as I have not had enough sales […]
These days there are so many other ‘professionals’ out there other than the accountant to help business. And that’s a good thing.
So how can a mentor help you and your business, and what does a mentor actually do?
A good mentor is there to help you (the ‘mentee’) develop a sustainable and successful business through […]
As we see the ‘credit crunch’ starting to take hold, with talk of finance getting harder to get for smaller business I thought a quick run through the potential sources of funding for your business.
Funding must always start at home, that means re-mortgage. As most forms of business funding for the smaller business tend to […]
HMRC have updated their guidance publication for those thinking about working for themselves.
The guide is a good starting point, but I would recommend that after having read it, contact a local accountant and ask for a free half hour/hour just to see what more they can do for you.
The guide also has details of HMRC’s […]
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 […]
Okay I know, a crap title, but I wanted to follow on from a recent theme that seems to have developed here at the Holden Associates Blog on women in business.
Here is a local story here in the North West of what I guess is an ‘incubation centre’ for female entrepreneurs on the Wirral.
Egerton House […]
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 up […]
