When starting up with your business, things can seem complex and daunting. With so much high importance information to think about, allow us to assist you with our clear and explained list of the filings that your limited company must be aware of. Business taxes Companies House will communicate with HMRC to inform them that…
When running a business, there are countless busy days where you would be grateful for a handful of small shortcuts. Well, your wishes have come true. This collection of Excel hacks have been created for people like you, with the effect of shaving time off of your daily activities, allowing you to put those minutes…
With so many of our small business customers, colleagues, friends and family being affected by the current health situation, we are trying to give advice where we can, when we can. We have recently seen this advice given by Google and thought we would share with you… If your business has a Google My Business…
The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has bought on a challenging time for us all, nationwide. On Thursday 19th March 2020, Boris Johnson announced the government’s plans to support businesses over the country throughout this time. Today, we push aside the rumours and reveal the factual truths which stand at the time of writing this, about…
IR35 is the tax legislation designed to stop individuals, whose working arrangement reflects employment, from paying less in tax when providing their services to clients through their own limited company. Due to its complexities, and the fact that many factors need to be considered when deciding whether a contractor should be classed as a self-employed individual or an employee for…
There comes a time in every business’s life span when things reach a bottleneck. It could be down to one of any number of reasons, but at those times it’s often difficult to figure out how to extricate yourself from it and keep the business marching on. It is at times such as those that…
You have probably caught wind of it already, but just in case you haven’t new legislation comes into force in May regarding data compliance. The General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR, comes from the European Union and is designed to give people control over how organisations use their data. What exactly is it?…
While many of us may not see it, working too hard is affecting our free time more these days. This means less time with family and friends, as well as losing out on sleep and relaxation. The world of business is more competitive than ever, so our automatic reaction is to work as hard as…
If you are an employer, then you are required by law to provide a workplace pension scheme for all your eligible staff. If you became an employer after the 1st of October 2017 then you must automatically enrol staff into a scheme, whereas if you were an existing employer at this time then you should…
You have been thinking about it for a while and you are now ready to take the plunge and get your own business going. Enough with working for others, it’s time to be your own boss. You have the idea, you have the funding (or financial backing), and you know exactly how you want things…
