All "business-law" articles
- Guide to finding a lawyer
- They don't come cheap but they're essential nonetheless. We advise you where to find and what to look for in a lawyer.
- See more in: lawyers, solicitors, legal, guide
- Lease negotiation
- A brief article about how tenants can get a fair deal from their landlords.
- See more in: lease, property, renting, rent, tenant, tenancy, premises, offices, deposits, deposit, legal, guide
- Divorce: the implications for your business
- A guide to protecting your assets in the event of divorce, by Sonny Patel of RFB Solicitors.
- See more in: divorce, protecting assets, assets, legal, guide
- Hey, big spender!
- Fraud defence expert Stephen Fox gives gives some sage advice to business people about how to avoid accusations of overusing your business expense account.
- See more in: fraud, legal, Conrad Black, entertaining, tips, expense, guide
- Agency workers: your employees or the agency's?
- The law surrounding agency workers, their status and their rights is quite ambiguous. Brian Mclelland of Business Lawyers explains the implications of a recent legal precedent.
- See more in: temporary staff, HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, legal, employee, guide
- How to find an accountant
- How good is your accounting, bookkeeping and tax knowledge? Probably not good enough to avoid hiring an accountant, says Mark Lee of the Tax Advice Network.
- See more in: tax, bookkeeping, tax advisors, tax advisers, accountancy, books, guide
- Temporary staff: the law
- With European and domestic law clashing over the issue, the rights of temporary staff are not always obvious to many business owners.
- See more in: temporary staff, HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, legal, employee, guide
- Start-ups and tax
- If you're even reading this subheading then that's a good start: you're facing up to the less glamorous side of running a small business.
- See more in: tax, income tax, national insurance, corporation tax, VAT, business rates, stamp duty, capital gains tax, tax breaks, capital allowances, tax relief, guide
- Bad debt: the zero-tolerance approach
- No-nonsense advice on handling bad business debt during the credit crunch.
- See more in: bad debt, credit crunch, credit squeeze, credit control, credit, debt, invoices, disputes, solicitor, legal, cashflow, guide
- The fire safety law
- The fire safety laws changed in 2006 so here's a guide to what the changes mean for you and your premises.
- See more in: fire safety, legal, guide
- Is it in writing?
- A guide to licence agreements for intellectual property and the implications of not having them in writing. By intellectual property specialist Sara Ludlam, a solicitor at Keeble Hawson.
- See more in: legal, intellectual property, IP, licences, implied licences, verbal contracts, contract, guide
- Equal opportunities in the workplace
- Aside from being illegal and unethical to discriminate on any grounds apart from ability and hard work, it's not the best way to run a business.
- See more in: equal opportunities, HR, recruitment, staff, employment, hiring, legal, employee, guide
- VAT registration
- When VAT was introduced to the UK in 1973 the Chancellor said it was a simple tax. But if it was true then, it certainly isn't true that VAT registration is simple now...
- See more in: VAT, registration, tax, regressive, prices, goods, services, guide
- How long should you keep books and records?
- Andrew Small, Joint Managing Director at Franaccounts, answers the question for you.
- See more in: tax, legal, books, records, VAT, PAYE, guide
- IP: What’s in a name?
- Intellectual property advice for start-ups by Sara Ludlam, head of intellectual property at Yorkshire-based solicitors Keeble Hawson.
- See more in: IP, intellectual property, trademarks, copyrights, patents, domain names, guide
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