If you work from commercial premises – either as a tenant or owner, you will probably have to pay business rates to your local council. Here we look at what business rates are, how much you have to pay, and the wide range of ‘relief’ schemes which are available to small businesses.
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Professional indemnity insurance will protect you against claims made by past or present clients as a result of mistakes you may have made while carrying out your work.
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You crave the freedom, flexibility and control that having your own business would give you, yet you hesitate to take the plunge and start. You love your new business idea, but will anyone else? Fear of failure and not making any money are common inhibitors for budding entrepreneurs.
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Executive coach and author, Kate Tojeiro, explains why many business owners would benefit from finding what makes them happy, in order to fuel greater success at work.
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The authors of a must-read book, Sort Your Brain Out, explain how harnessing stress in the right way can be beneficial to business owners, and why chronic stress should be avoided at all costs.
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From April 2016, dividends will be subject to a far more punitive tax regime. Now you have the chance to sign an online petition urging the Government to reconsider the new rules.
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With lenders reporting record advances to clients in recent months, we look at how asset based lending works in practice, and if it offers a solution to businesses who may have experienced difficulties securing finance from ‘traditional’ sources.
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You made a bold decision to open a business in the first place, and you’re wondering if now’s the right time to sell. Assuming your business isn’t failing, that you haven’t been throwing good money after bad, and that selling is the only option left to you, there are a number of reasons why you might want or need to sell.
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The book “The Leadership Shadow” by Prof Erik de Haan and Dr Anthony Kasozi, contains some interesting insights into what makes a good leader, and how to identify what sort of leader you are. In this extract, we look at some specific character traits displayed by business people – from the ‘charming manipulator’ to the ‘simmering stalwart’.
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If you are thinking of setting up a limited company some time in the future, is there a way of ‘reserving’ a specific company name, without having to take on the obligations of running a live company?
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Given that more start-up businesses fail than succeed, we have compiled a list of some of the most common mistakes made by business owners.
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When you register a company name, your name is not automatically protected by trade mark law. Similarly, if you have a trademarked brand name, you may not necessarily be able to register the brand as a limited company name. So what are trade marks, and how can you protect your company name?
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Simon Philips, author of an absorbing guide to professional networking, explains just how much a potential client can find out about you from your LinkedIn profile, and how you can use this to your advantage.
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When going through any change – be that changing an established organisation that is up and running or growing a business, you need to think about 4 factors that will make your change successful.
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International negotiator and author, Derek Arden, takes a look at the art of negotiation by email – how to remain business-like and courteous, whilst getting your points across in a persuasive and concise way.
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Whether you have decided to sell or buy a company, or simply want to know how much your company might be worth, there are a number of conventional ways to value a business.
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One of the questions many limited company owners ask their accountants is how often they can draw down dividends from their companies. Can you declare dividends on a monthly basis, for example?
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If you pay income tax via self-assessment, and have a tax liability for the current year, you may need to make advanced payments for the following tax year too – known as payments on account.
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Leading business coach, Belinda Waldock, explains why traditional meetings are often unsuccessful, and how you can use agile methods to achieve far more when you meet colleagues or clients.
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