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Wednesday 21st November 2018
Getting clients to pay you on time
You’ve done the work. You’ve invoiced the client 60 days ago. You are still waiting to get paid 30 days after payment was due. It’s time to chase for payment. It’s never easy chasing clients for payment. However, this is business and you are entitled to be paid for the ...
Wednesday 24th October 2018
Class 2 NICs to continue for self-employed
In 2016 the government consulted on a proposed abolition of Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed. This flat rate contribution, currently £2.95 a week is payable by the self-employed in addition to Class 4 contributions based on the level of profits. The flat ...
Wednesday 17th October 2018
Marketing to Millennials
Born between 1980 and 2000, Millennials are now a key target market for businesses. So how do you market your products and services to this tech-savvy generation? Millennials were the last generation to have witnessed the pre-digital era and they were also the first generation to fully ...
Wednesday 19th September 2018
Tapered pension tax relief for those with high income
For most taxpayers the maximum pension input annual allowance is currently £40,000. However, from 2016/17 those taxpayers with ‘adjusted income’ over £150,000 and ‘threshold income’ over £110,000 receive a tapered annual allowance. For those ...
Tuesday 28th August 2018
Leadership development
It is the management team’s responsibility to invest in, develop and grow the firm’s next generation of leaders. In order to construct a solid framework with which you can develop the next generation of leaders in your firm, it’s best to start by identifying the attributes and ...
Tuesday 21st August 2018
Make more of social media
Your business can use social media to deliver great customer experiences and develop deeper relationships. Creating good content and distributing it over social media can be a very effective way to grow your business. That's why businesses like PWC, Amazon and McKinsey invest huge amounts of ...
Thursday 19th July 2018
New VAT rules for building trade in 2019
Under new rules due to come in on 1 October 2019 builders, sub-contractors and other trades associated with the construction industry will have to start using a new method of accounting for VAT. The measure is designed to combat VAT fraud in the construction sector labour supply chain which HMRC ...
Wednesday 11th July 2018
Productivity equals success
Most business owners, managers and senior executives are juggling day to day responsibilities, growing the business and various projects. With so much to do, improving your productivity is key if you want to succeed. Here are a few top tips to help you to improve your productivity. Stop ...