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- Four in 10 prefer being flexible to flush
- Flexibility is almost as important to workers than money, according to a small-business survey.
- See more in: flexible working, working hours, employees, employment, recruitment, perks, news, pay, salaries, wages
- 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, guides
- Loans: a guide
- Most business finance is still raised through loans. Here's a guide to the types out there, including secured/unsecured, fixed rate/variable rate and fixed/flexible repayment periods.
- See more in: finance, funding, banks, loans, start a business, startups, buy a business, guides
- Paying respects: paid leave for funerals
- It's an emotive subject, but having a clear policy can preclude many problems says Peter-Jon Chalmers of Empire PR.
- See more in: HR, legal, funerals, employment, staff, employees, guides, paid leave
- How to draw up an employment contract
- By law you have to write an employment contract soon after an employee starts, but the contract doesn't cover all obligations between parties.
- See more in: HR, staff, employees, employment, legal, contracts, employment contracts, guides
- Don't pay too much national insurance
- Andrew Small of Franaccounts gives advice on how to avoid giving the taxman too much.
- See more in: national insurance, tax, guides
- 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, guides, cash flow
- Top tips for buying abroad
- Some quick-fire handy hints to consider when moving abroad.
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- Seven common mistakes; surviving recession
- Tips on how protect your business and personal assets, by Cousins Business Law.
- See more in: directors, legal, law, solicitors,
- 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, guides
- Publishing tools launched by YUDU Media
- YUDU Publishing PRO and YUDU Publishing EXPRESS caters for small as well as large publishers, enabling them to make the best of online and offline publishing.
- See more in: digital media, online media, software, publishing, YUDU Publishing PRO, YUDU Publishing EXPRESS, advertorial
- Opening a euro account
- The European Union is the largest single market for trade and investment in the world, so opening a euro account will be necessity for many UK businesses.
- See more in: banks, euro accounts, accounts, euros, guides
- Work for texperts, kill the pub quiz
- Working from home needn’t necessarily involve stuffing envelopes, telesales or telemarketing.
- See more in: work from home, telesales, telemarketing, texperts, AQA, David Platt
- Sam Walton
- It sounded the death-knell for town centre diversity – but now we can get Buy-One-Get-One-Free Monster Munch multipacks. Wahey! Meet the man who made discount shopping a reality...
- See more in: Sam Walton, Wal-Mart, budget, discount retail, retail, profiles
- Tony Wilson
- Tony Wilson, one of the legends of the music industry, sadly passed away recently. BusinessWings pays tribute to an unorthodox impresario.
- See more in: Tony Wilson, Manchester, music, television, journalism, Happy Mondays, New Order, Joy Division, Sex Pistols, profiles
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