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Business leasing is a vehicle agreement between an established business and a finance company. Just like personal leasing, you chose a vehicle (or a fleet of vehicles), pay the deposit, agree on a monthly payment and drive away. Car Leasing has become one of the easiest and most appealing ways to have access to a […]

Owning or managing a business is all consuming and to put it bluntly – Stressful! Its hard to switch off at 5pm and when was the last time you had a weekend free without doing something for the business? Then there’s staff and all the emotions that they bring. Ever experienced the knockout blow when […]

The UK Governments Job Support Scheme The Job Support Scheme is designed to protect viable jobs in businesses who are facing lower demand over the winter months due to Covid-19, to help keep their employees attached to the workforce What we know so far We know the scheme will run for 6 months, from 1st  […]

If you have employees you will no doubt be familiar with the government’s Job Retention Scheme, but you may not know about the bonus for retaining furloughed staff.  The Job Retention Bonus is a £1,000 one-off taxable payment for each eligible employee furloughed and kept continuously employed, until the 31st of January 2021. You cannot […]

  ‘The manner of giving is worth more than the gift’ – an inspiring quote by french tragedian Pierre Corneille, but to have those gifts tax exempt would make proceedings much sweeter for you.  Christmas is just around the corner and we are all now either super organized with everything wrapped and ready, or slowly […]

Trying to keep up with all the government announcements and furlough options is a full time job in itself. Over the weekend that the government announced that the UK will start a new period of lockdown from Thursday 5th November for 1 month. The new legislation that supports this has not been agreed yet, and […]

After reading a very informative blog by Salon Services I thought i would share this information with you, Bullying doesn’t only happen on the school playground,  it can happen at any point during your lifetime.  Research conducted by the Trades Union Congress shows that nearly a third of people have been bullied in their workplace, […]

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Extension. As many of you will be fully aware the government has announced that the CJRS Furlough scheme will be extended until the end of March 2021. Along with this they have announced an extension from the 1st November 2020 to the Self Employment Income Support Scheme with 2 further […]

Almost every business in the UK with revenues exceeding £85,000 in the previous 12 months must apply to register for VAT, with most businesses haviing to submit VAT returns to HMRC on a quarterly basis.  This is the VAT threshold for the 2019/2020 tax year but can change year on year. To avoid having to […]

I thought I would share with you some findings that I have come across after reading a recent blog on Treatwell.  A great massage, haircut, beauty treatment is one thing you can pride your business in, but to keep your customers coming back  you MUST be aiming to give them a wow experience from the […]