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help umbrella contracts!!!!!!!!!!!!
My husband has just started a 6 month contract with the council job finishes in december, he has gone through an agency who have made arragements for an umbrella company to offer there admin services, they state that they will deal with the tax and national insurance any expenses by ofsetting his expenses, They have asked…
Applied for Self-Employment Credit and still waiting
Hi I applied for Self Employment Credit on the 28th of March, just 2 days before the SEC program closure on the 31st of March this year. Just a few days later I get sent an invitation to come in for an interview with one of the representives at the Job Centre. The interview was scheduled for May. When I go in, I am told…
Phone Service
Hello all, i need bit of advise please. I run a small business and was working out of retail premises. I left the premises around 4 months ago to work back from home to save money within that time i cancelled by phone supplier. I went through the cancelation process that they advised me they disconnected my telephone line…
is this a good idea?
we own a shop in a smallish town, Bolsover,we have had this local businessman come up with this idea; all the community of shops have a video (done by him,on his phone),saying what we sell etc,this is all linked together on a website,called planet bolsover,he says anyone visiting,or local people want to know what we sell…
Self employed accounts and records
I'm looking to become self-employed. I have the idea and am currently putting the wheels into motion with regards to programming the website. I have a few questions for people who are more experienced in these matters: 1. Can anyone suggest any good accounting software (preferably free or very low cost)? The businesses…
life time free business banking
afaia the only place is santander, problem for me is I don't have a local branch(pretty much just required to pay in cheques). Is there any others?, am currently with barclays and it cost £5.50 a month. Quick glance at moneysupermarket shows no others, am I missing anything?
A & L business account - preferential morgage rate?
Not sure if this would be better here or in bank accounts. My parents bank with Alliance & Leicester/Santander and they've told me that if you have a business account with them you get 20% off your morgage rate. Can anyone confirm this? Also does anyone know if this is for new morgages only or if existing ones with them…
Co-op leaving applications sitting for over a month
Our group decided we would open an account with the Co-Op, it being ethically friendly and all. We had to wait for over a month before hearing anything, even though, after three weeks had passed, the admin team deemed our application as 'urgent'. Still having not heard from them, we called again after ten days and found…
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