With coronavirus restrictions easing across the UK, now is a perfect time to give your business the fresh re-start it deserves – here are our top business planning tips to protect your business for the months ahead. For more than a year, business owners and self-employed professionals across the UK have been forced to adapt to an ever-changing health
A limited company is a type of business entity. It is designed to be legally separate from its owners, who are also known as the shareholders in a limited company. It is often said that operating under a limited company is one of the safest and most tax efficient ways to operate a business. If
About £45 billion has been borrowed by more than 1.4 million small businesses under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, which offers loans of up to £50,000. Under the existing scheme, businesses are not required to make any loan repayments in the first year, and no interest is charged during this period. However, many businesses face having
COVID-19 has impacted business in unprecedented ways, and staff and customers are understandably nervous about their return to the “new normal”. In addition, decisions announced in haste by top brands such as Sports Direct, Virgin Atlantic, Travelodge and Wetherspoons have been a disaster in terms of reputation and customer loyalty. Others, small and large, discovered
The time table and key dates for employers to comply with the job retention schemes announced by the government are set out below 1 JULY 2020 This was the start date of the new Flexible Furlough scheme – allowing furloughed employees to get back to work part time and be furloughed part time, with the
Owning your own business is a big investment, not to mention responsibility, and it’s wise to employ the expertise of experienced guards for static security services. It doesn’t matter if you are located in the busy city of London or the English countryside, your property needs full protection in order to maintain its integrity. Crime
We don’t know when and we don’t know how lockdown restrictions will be eased but now is the time companies should begin to think about how the workplace will function when that time comes. It is clear that until a cure for COVID is found we will have to continue to practice social distancing. We
I have some very disappointing news today. A business/music project that I’ve been working with friends for a year to develop, is not going to be proceeding, at least not in the shape we had envisaged. It is a huge shame as London is absolutely crying out for what we were looking to deliver. Had
It’s the end of the year; indeed, the end of a decade! I hope I’m writing early enough to get ahead of the often-misdirecting New Year resolutions. Don’t get me wrong. Resolutions are great, especially if they help you think about the changes that you want to make in your life that will lead you
More and more my clients are asking me for help with productivity. “How can I be more effective?” “I’m so overwhelmed, how can I get more done?” If you’re already efficient with your time, then it’s not a matter of getting more done. It’s about prioritising. If you aren’t efficient with your time, then the
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