Archive for July, 2008

What Happens If You Lose Your Business Records??

Lost records have been a problem since time began. Sometimes the loss is genuine and records ruined in fire or floods etc., but sometimes the “loss” is a smokescreen because the business person thinks they can outsmart HMRC by claiming the records are lost.
HMRC has lots of information sources they can access in these situations, [...]

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How Long Do You Need To Keep Your Business Records?

This question comes up a lot here at the office.  I am asked at least 3 times a week as there seems to be lots of confusion out there in the “real world” amongst business people.
The answer is it depends…
If you just complete a Self Assessment Return each year as a consequence of having a [...]

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A Challenge For You!!

It seems that there are still countless thousands of households using BT for their phone calls at their extortionate call rates.  These days there are lots of alternatives to BT as long as you still have your BT phone line and Tiscali is one of those but also offer so much more.   
To qualify, you just [...]

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Are You Falling Into This Advertising And Image Trap?

I know I was going to make the next post about manual bookkeeping but whilst we were away last week I couldn’t believe the huge number of businesses that had fallen into this obvious advertising and image trap.
Website hosting is so cheap and easy these days that it is no wonder most businesses have some [...]

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Holidays Are Here – Hooray!!

Yes it’s true – it is that time of year again. The family are dragging me kicking and screaming down to the south coast and beyond for the Stewart family annual holiday.
The dog and cat are safely in the kennels, the fish are nice and clean with a food block about to be launched [...]

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