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Financial fitness jargon buster – What’s the difference between an accountant and a bookkeeper and when should you use one?

The great advantage of using accounting software like QuickBooks is that it makes it easy to stay on top of your business finances.  However, for most businesses, expert accounting help …

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Business support – have your say and tell BIS what you think

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is currently reviewing its strategy for business support and is calling for your feedback! BIS is aiming to make it easier to …

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Infographic: What every creative person with a product or service needs to know

We know that lots of our readers are creative, including photographers, crafters, musicians and more. This fun infographic from Red Lemon Club highlights some of the key issues associated with …

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Market traders get mobile with Intuit Pay

To celebrate the start of Love Your Local Market, Intuit has today announced an exclusive offer for market traders taking part in the initiative, to enable them to take card …

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Your first year in business: A survival guide

Starting a small business can be extremely rewarding – research from the Federation for Small Businesses finds that satisfaction levels of owners/managers/employees in small firms are much higher than those …

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Financial fitness checklist: Keeping your business strategy on track

A very successful MD I know told me: “I don’t do strategy – I do sales!”  And in a sense he is right – the number one job of every …

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How to stay productive when you’re on the move

Travelling for business is unavoidable sometimes and for many small businesses, it’s a key part of they do.  However, you’ll want to keep the day-to-day wheels of business turning while …

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Checklist: How to get your emails opened and shared

We all know that email has completely transformed how we communicate, helping us save money and time and communicate better with clients and potential customers. However, being able to email …

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Financial fitness workout – Guide to choosing your legal business structure

One of the first decisions you will be confronted with when running your business is whether you should form a limited company or not – but the “not” route has …

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Financial fitness workout – Your plain English guide to VAT basics

One of the first taxes you are likely to come across is VAT and it’s one of those areas that can cause quite a bit of confusion and alarm!  In …

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Free webinar to watch now: Tax for entrepreneurs

It’s almost tax year-end so in this webinar I am discussing the tax breaks you should be aware of and could be missing out on! See my accompanying article too …

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Free webinar: How to file Real Time PAYE payroll with QuickBooks Payroll

This 10-minute webinar shows you how easy it is to file payroll submissions with QuickBooks RTI-ready Payroll software. You’ll see: how to file payroll submissions the changes in employee records …

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