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Microsoft BizSpark seems to good to be true
I am a software developer who works full time for a company. I also develop occasionally part time. I recently subscribed to BizSpark here: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark as I meet the criteria and I was accepted. I was surprised as I thought it may only be open to full time private developers, rather than part time…
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Best place to look to have accounts prepared for a registered charity?
Hi all, hoping you can help. I'm a volunteer for a registered charity who used to use a local arm of a council funded volunteer organisation to prepare their accounts, they lost their funding at the end of last year so currently we have no-one to independently examine our accounts before presenting them to the charity…
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Payment ideas for small business.
Hi folks, I'm thinking of trying to start up a very small, home-based transcription business. Do you think that asking for payment by PayPal would be the best idea? That's my question! Thanks!
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Linked business bank account and card reader terminals
I'm opening a shop in a few weeks and need to open a bank account and get a contract for a card reader. I'm thinking it'll be more straightforward to go for a terminal linked to a bank and need to decide between: - Bank account with Natwest or RBS, with 6 months no rental with Streamline. The monthly rental after 6 months…
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New business, who should be director?
Hi, My husband an I are in the process of starting a new business, we are about to register it with the IR as a LTD company, my husband is in full time exployment whilst I am a stay at home mum, should we register the business in just my name, as he is already a tax payer or can we register in both? Thank you
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Business insurance work from home any suggestions?
Hi I have an art and craft business and sometimes attend craft fairs. Some fairs have said I need Public Liability Insurance. Any suggestions please? I work from home and have quite a lot of stock. Thanks:A
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I Couldn't organise a whatsit in a brewery with my IT setupat the mo.
I'm hoping somebody will be able to give me some pointers on possible solutions to my problems. At the moment I seem to be going around and around in circles trying to get my head around organisation. I've recently started out as a consultant, I sell my services to other businesses and have amassed a number of contacts in…
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Payment received in advance for service delivered two months later & tax return
Hi all, I have received a payment of £1000 in February 2014 from a client for a service I have to deliver (through my limited company) two months later (April 2014). Is it fine if I declare this amount for my company return for 2014-2015 instead of 2013-2014 (I had just filed my the return to hmrc without this amount few…
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Group Saving Accounts
a few of my friends are thinking of setting up an account together( maybe as a soceity) to save some money with a monthly deposit of around £1000. I am struggling to find such a facility with any of the high street banks but i may be loosing a quick trick. Can anyone recommend an account that would be suitable for this?…
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Special Delivery
Hi Folks, Soon starting a business which requires postage of parcels, that should be insured for up to around £500, therefore requires signature. Does anyone have any idea how I go about getting pre-paid special delivery envelopes and what the process is? Also, as this is a small business to start with, everything will be…
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inflatable hot tub hire business
Hey I've reserved a lay z spa Miami hot tub from homebase which I will pick up this weekend. I thought it'd be a nice starter business for the summer/autumn if I could rent it out for hot tub parties, etc. It seats 4 adults and I paid 240 pound for it (discount on sale last weekend). I can't find many reviews on this…
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TSB business bank account closed following a review!
Looking for some advice; I am Company Director of a small business. We opened up a business bank account with TSB November 2013. Since when we've banked £180,000 with them and currently have give or take £10,000 sitting in our accounts with them. We're currently banking on average £9,300 per week, receive all funds in said…
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Self-employed, starting out
Hi I am a student nurse trying to make ends meet and am doing so by working part time for an agency but often this does not fit with my other commitments so I am going to do some self-employed work. This is mainly online stuff such as surveys, mystery shopping, market research. I won't make much so don't want to get too…
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Advice
Afternoon All; I am in the process of buying a business, business model done, money is all secured and we are just deciding when to take over. I am really looking at the best place to look for to get advice on accounting (Free if possible). There are loads of questions I want answers to and really don't know where to…
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Mobile Massage Therapy Business
Hi First time posting so please forgive if i'm in the wrong place. Once i get my cerficate in massage i would really like to start working for myself doing seated/on site massage. I was thinking all i needed would be a certificate, a therapy chair and some insurance, but i realise theres a lot more to it than that. I could…
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Finance for my customers (carpet and flooring)
Hi , I'm a sole trader (oct 13) and things are running fairly good , however I get a lot of potential customers asking for finance . I'm turning a lot of work away , and was hopeful someone would / could point me in the right direction with regards of finding a credit broker who deals with this sort of financing .…
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Online company Q
First of all I apologise if this in wrong section. I'm interested too know if you have a online company, is it possible for say a 'middle man' to keep hold of your stock and despatch your products on your behalf? Meaning there would be no need for your own warehouse/ storage facility? Do amazon do this already?
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Sending parcels, not including return address, Royal Mail are useless
I use Royal Mail PPI and I thought a return address wouldn't be needed because they could identify the sender (me) through the PPI number. After sending around 10k parcels, didn't have 1 returned (but plenty reported lost). So contacted Royal Mail and they said the returns centre do not use the PPI number to find the…
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from 6th April you can not claim back ssp from HMRC
from April the 6th if someone is off on SSP you can not claim it back off HMRC
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Small company registering for VAT
Hi, Our company sells Apps/Games through Apple & Android, and we're about to start selling virtual goods through our games on Facebook. However, setting up a company that can receive payments on Facebook requires a VAT number, and we haven't signed up for VAT (Neither Apple nor Android required it). Our company is still…
