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Blog Posts: June 2012

Times still tough for small firms, with access to finance the main cause

Thursday June 28, 2012 at 10:00am

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) quarterly survey ‘Voice of Small Business' Index suggests small firms are still having it tough. Confidence amongst Britain's small businesses and entrepreneurs has fallen in every industry sector except those working in health and motor services. The property and financial services sectors see the biggest decline in confidence. Results include the fact that 41% of small firms applying for credit are refused finance from high street banks. And ....

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Jimmy Carr, small business and tax avoidance

Thursday June 21, 2012 at 1:32pm

The reality of tax avoidance for many small business owners is very different to the headline hitting experience of Jimmy Carr. Owning and running a business is tough. I say this from a lifetime of working with business owners. Even the good times are not immediately obvious, it is only by comparing them to the really hard times you realise things are not so bad. Small business faces huge competition, that’s the way a capitalist society works. We do not have professions sheltered from....

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What to do before you fall out with your business partners

Thursday June 14, 2012 at 10:00am

Going into business with an ex-colleague, friend or relative may seem like a great idea, and very often is. You’ve only to look at the Steve Jobs / Steve Wozniak Apple partnership to see that. But business can be fraught with difficulties, look at the battles in Facebook between Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins which still rumble on today. Although no one likes to think about it when they first start-up any business partnership will have its difficulties. Some will be minor di....

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Tax planning tips – why waste money?

Thursday June 7, 2012 at 10:00am

£12.6 billion – that’s apparently the amount wasted by UK tax payers who fail to take advantage of tax reliefs and benefits. What a staggering figure, and maybe because it’s such a large number it’s just too easy to fail to see how it relates to your personal tax position. Well, just by taking a few examples you’ll start to see how tax savings can really add up. Personal allowances – if you are a married couple with one earning significantly more th....

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