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Web site design, and simple editing
A friend of mine has a web site which needs re-designing from scratch. He mentioned that he has been quoted almost £2,000 (!) for creating a new site which would be easy for him to add changes himself. I've got reasonable HTML skills and only fair graphic design skills, and I don't really have the time to help him out. He…
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Business cards
Can anyone recommend a website that does cheap but good quality business cards. Any suggestions as to paper weight and how much I should be paying for 100-500 would also be helpful. Thanks
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Nursery Fees
We have our own business. Now our baby daughter is 6 months old, wife wants to return to work. As she is returning to the business, can we claim the nursery fees against the business? Naturally wife needs to be in the business for it to open and cannot take baby into the workplace, so, no nursery = no business Cant get an…
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Hospitality Music Licence??
Has anyone heard of this? http://www.prs.co.uk/takeaways/ My parents run a small takeaway food business and received an official looking mailshot followed by a telephone call a few days later telling them they needed this new licence. They do not play background music in the shop. However, they do have a small television…
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VAT Advice please
Hi, Am after some advice for my mum....she has recently signed up to do secretarial work via an internet site (they provide the dication for her to type up and send back to them) she will be paid 8p per line exclusive of VAT. She will have to invoice them monthly with what they owe her. My question is-will she need to…
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Business Loan help please
Hi My Wife and I are opening a business soon and need 28,000. 14,000 is coming from a non profit making agency and the other half from a bank, the problem is most banks want us to put some in, which we haven't got! They love the business plan but too scared to offer this without any security from us (house is shared…
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selling small business
Just a bit of advice really thinking of selling a market stall i have owned for 14 years (bloody el can't belive its that long) it has been a little gold mine but since I got pregnant and had baby its been staff run and my heart isn't into it any more and as a result its not that busy at present. where would I stand as…
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Grant Limit For Children In Need
hi can anyone tell me what is the grant limit for children in need. tried phoning thier heLlp numbere but all on tarining i really need to know asap
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budget and VAT
does anyone know if there will be new rates? The HMRC site is so sprawling and unhelpful. also did the budget raise the tax bands (not just the allowance)?
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Biz account...which one to turn to?
my partner is starting his new company.. we've registered with company house for a limited company etc, sorted out name, logo and he might be getting a contract very soon - well it's looking good, let's hope.. but he just got turn down for a biz account by Abbey for poor credit...was bad in past but getting better now..…
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Lost Thread-Money Making/Extra Income
I read a thread today, about 3 pages long, about someone's plans to make additional money, try new idea's etc. Can anyone point me towards it ? Thanks.
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Summer Camp
Hi, not sure if this is in the right section so feel free to move/delete!! Me and a friend are thinking of starting a summer camp over the school holidays, aimed at 8-14 year olds. A non-residential day camp that would offer sport activities, arts and crafts and circus skills amongst other things. We both work at the local…
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Help !! Fundraisng for our school's P.T.A!!
Hello...not sure if im posting this in the right place, so please accept my apologies if im not! I have recently become a member of my Daughters school Parent Teacher association and we need to get Prizes and auction goodies donated by some very generous people to raise funds for some new computer equipment.. my question…
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Budget 2006: Devil in the detail - Changes to Business Tax Returns!
Just when we thought we'd escaped relatively unscathed, anyone running a small business needs to read the following:- http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2006/carter-review.htm Highlights: 1. Shortened time period for submitting tax returns - as if it wasn't hard enough to meet the January deadline, they're going to bring it…
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Oxfam - I'm in Campaign
Oxfam need your help to make poverty history. They need 1 million names to take to the world leaders to show the level of support to their cause Link here
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Information about starting a Cargo Clearance Agent
Currently I am receiving quite a bit cargo from various parts of the world. And I am paying considerable amount for clearing that. Considering this I planed to open a Cargo clearance by myself. Could anybody help me in this mater? Currently most of my cargo is coming through Heathrow Airport.
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Public liability insurance needed for a sole trader?
My husband has just been offered work as a ceramic tiler on a self-employed basis. He needs public liability insurance and I wondered if anyone could recommend a good, fairly priced insurer. I found a couple of sites on the web who quoted about £80.00 for the year but having not done this before, I don't know if this is a…
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template for gite / b&b business plan
where can we find a template for a gite/b&b business plan . we may need this to show the bank to get a mortgage/loan to do house up . thanks in advance
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Using taped conversations
I was told that you can only use a taped conversation if they are made aware of it .does anyone know for conversations wiht other european countries such as france? thansk in advance.
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Can't find business on search engine
I have recently launched my business after months of sourcing suppliers. I have had it registered with 10 search engines - but when I type key words into the search engines, I have been through 45 pages and still found nothing. What am I doing wrong that my site isn't showing up?
