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Getting Your Whole Business To Make The Most Of Social Media

Most, if not all, of your staff will have social media accounts. What if you could get all of your staff to like and share your business’s social media posts? Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and many more social media platforms are driving customer decisions. Messages and posts that come from friends and colleagues tend to […]

Read more November 22nd, 2018

Co-Working Spaces – Can They Work For You?

Co-working spaces were once the preserve of freelancers and creative types. Now medium to large sized businesses are getting in on the act too. The modern workplace is evolving. First, we had flexible working. Then we had remote working. Now we are seeing an increased demand for co-working spaces – workspaces which are shared by […]

Read more November 22nd, 2018

Confirmation Bias

Most business people these days have too much information and not enough time. We don’t have the time to weigh up every facet of every decision. This tends to encourage us to take shortcuts where we can. As such, we often go into a meeting or a negotiation with an idea as to what the […]

Read more November 22nd, 2018

Helping Customers To Pay You On Time

You’ve done the work. You’ve invoiced the customer 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 customers for payment. However, this is business and you are entitled to be paid for the work that you have done. […]

Read more November 22nd, 2018

Annual Investment Allowance Increased To £1 Million

The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) which provides businesses with a 100% write off against profits when they acquire plant and machinery has been temporarily increased from £200,000 to £1 million for two years from 1 January 2019. This will again mean that the timing of expenditure will be critical. It may be advantageous to delay […]

Read more November 13th, 2018

More Rates Relief For Small Businesses

There has been much lobbying from the small business sector to reduce business rates to enable traditional retailers, in particular, to compete with internet traders. The Chancellor has announced a one-third reduction in business rates for small businesses with premises with a rateable value up to £51,000.

Read more November 13th, 2018

IR35 “Off-Payroll” Rules To Be Extended To Private Sector

Very controversially, the Government have decided to extend the rules for personal service companies in the public sector to workers in the private sector from April 2020. This follows a consultation in Summer 2018 on how to tackle non-compliance with the intermediaries legislation (commonly known as IR35) in the private sector. The legislation which has […]

Read more November 13th, 2018