Archive for February, 2009
Identity Theft
I was really chuffed yesterday because I finally settled on a new car after weeks of looking, thinking, trying etc. So I put the order in, paid my deposit and went off twittering about the purchase and the 4 years interest free credit. Today though I had a call from the garage. I was asked [...]
Tax Saving Tip – No. 3
This is the third tax saving tip article in the series and this tip deals with working from home and what household expenses you can rightfully claim against business profits. Any business person that works even partially at home in the evenings/weekends can properly claim an allowance against their business for “Use of home as [...]
Tax Saving Tip – No.2
In this tax saving tip I will be looking at employing members of your family. It is not generally known that every single person in the UK is entitled to an annual tax free allowance of £6,035 regardless of age or income. The tax saving tip today focuses on ensuring that you utilize fully this [...]
Tax Saving Tip – No.1
Welcome to the first in a series of posts detailing tax saving tips. This first post is about using, or losing, your annual capital gains tax allowance. Presently standing at £9,200 the annual cgt allowance is one of those that you will lose if don’t fully utilize it each year. Yes, even in these difficult [...]
Do You Know Your Target Market?
I have been speaking to a client this morning about his business and why growth is a little slow. We quickly got to the bit about who he was aiming his marketing at, who his target market actually is, and found out he wasn’t very sure at all. This meant all his marketing efforts were [...]