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Business grants
Hi does anyone know anything about business grants, im in the childcare sector and looking to purchase premises in order to expand further, we currently rent a property
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Worldpay zinc account closed without warning .
Hi guys , as above I'm having a major problem at the moment . I'm a sole trader and use worldpay zinc for card payments via a chip and pin device , or virtual terminal . I took a payment last week from a charity to carry out some work for a client (ex serviceman) Normally within 4 days payment hits my business account ,…
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Evening Chronicle Wish Tokens
Hi there! Anyone in the Newcastle area - do you get the Evening Chronicle? If so, is there any chance you could please donate the Wish Tokens to my squad, FallenAngels Cheerleading? It would be much appreciated. PM me for details if you need them! HBS x
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my first venture into buying a cafe/coffee shop
Morning I am in the process of looking to buy a cafe. initially I will be meeting the owners to discuss their business, turnover, footfall ect... are there any other questions I should be asking before making a decision on whether to buy the business or research I should carry out Many thanks
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Passing Off Advice
Hi Everyone, I wanted to see if anyone knew of any Passing Off templates please? I am looking to send a letter to a competitor who (without going into a lot of detail on a public forum) has copied my companies advert and indeed our name (of which the TM has been published in the Journal) To top it all they actually filed a…
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Price of stock when selling
I've registered with HMRC as a sole trader and am now reading up more on accounts. I understand that I would be taxed on income minus expenses and also understand that building up stock is not accounted as an expense for tax purposes until it is actually sold. However some stock I buy (razor blades) goes up and down in…
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Ran for a marathon, didn't reach fundraising target
Hi Hoping people can help... my husband ran a marathon for a charity and fell short of their minimum donation target by about £50. If you include Gift Aid he has exceeded it. He paid all the place fees etc so they've made no loss and he did his very best with the fundraising but as he suffers from the disease the charity…
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New business help please?
Hello fellow money savers. I am really after some help and advice if possible and any help would be very much appreciated at this stage. Just recently I decided to start my own business as an eBay trader/seller. I have been using eBay to sell my old, unwanted items for some years. Recently it has occurred to me that I…
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Chip and Pin reader
Hi guys, I have a friend who runs a small business (chinese take-away) and wishes to take card payments from over the phone, does anyone know what the best one he could use? I looked at the paypal one but seems I think the person must be present with the card? does anyone recommend any good deal out there for him? as his…
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Legal Advice on Yell.com(hibu)
Hey everyone New to this website :) I need some advice regarding Yell(hibu): Three years ago I signed up for a website with them, paying an initial fee and then making monthly payments for the upkeep of the website. The problem is that only a few weeks ago I realised that a very important function of the website has not…
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forever living do you make much money
dont want to start a debate on whether its a pyramid scheme or about how good the products are my friend has started selling for them outside of selling to her friends and people she knows it doesnt seem like much of a businesslong term even if you make a few pounds per item you sell you need to shift shedloads of it…
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Free tools for keyword search
Hi, can anyone recommend free, easy to use, keyword / sentence tools please. Many thanks. x
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Unpaid Invoice query
Hello, I am chasing an unpaid invoice. Of course its now overdue. Could I get some guidance what happens next. Letter before legal action etc .. whats the procedure there? Notice, timing etc? Thanks
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Offsetting setup costs against tax when starting up
Hi. Quite a basic accountancy question, does the time within the tax year that you start your business and incur large setup costs make a difference to what VAT and corporation tax you can offset these expenses against? That is if you start trading in Feb incurring all your setup fees then do you only have your March…
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Anyone recommend a good ltd company accountant ?
Hi Can anyone recommend a good accountancy firm for limited company contractors... Working in the oil and gas sector. I have a limited company, 2nd year is end of this month and now looking to change accountants as my current ones (local) are not that great, just seem to process the books. There seems to be too much…
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Soletrader want to become limited
Hi all I am currently self-employed but want to become a limited company, I expect to earn around £50,000 a year but with current commitments and future ones I can see this rising. My question is if I become a limited company have I worked out the below correctly? Business will have 2 directors £50,000 turn over Basic…
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Electricity Company Issue
Hi all, I'm hoping to hear from anyone who may have had a similar "tactic" employed with them by one of the big energy firms and wonder if what has happened to me is allowed…. In april this year I opened a small shop, and contacted the previous tenants electricity supplier to let them know the change of ownership and give…
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Assistant
I'm a contractor working through a limited company. I setup and run clinical trials of new drugs and devices with nurses and doctors at hospitals for pharmaceutical companies looking to eventually market that product. I visit hospitals around the country, monitor the data collected, ensure they are doing things correctly…
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Nurse wanting to work as a limited company
How do I go about registering this please?TIA And also what are the advantages of working as a Ltd Co as opposed to working for an agency as a locum?
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Arise- Should I start a limited company?
I hope someone can help; I`m taking the Arise CSP 101 course, and if I qualify I have to either work with someone else`s limited company, or start my own, neither of which appeal. I`m self employed/ freelance illustrator, and thought that some extra money working about 15 hours a week with Arise would be helpful; I didn't…
