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London Marathon fundraising target not met!
Well, my OH ran the London Marathon on Sunday and lived to tell the tale!:T It was an incredible day and OH is still in recovery mode, although back at work of course! We are watching it on video in the evenings, trying to spot him. We have already spotted me, as I was helping manning a water station all day. You can see…
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NOt for profit Club
Hi there guys, I need some advice. I started a club last year and we have started to raise money for charities at our events in the past couple of months. We have been able to give the money directly to charity, but I know that we are goig to have occasions soon when it will be much easier to pay it into a bank account and…
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Business Accounts - Self Employed - Working From Home
Hiya, I'm trying get to my accounts into order - I ahve loads of questions.. hope not too many - perhaps there is a website I can get all thsi info on - if so I would be grateful for the link (save you typing) or any help you can offer. Thanks in advance... I've managed to set up a spreadsheet which seems to do the trick.…
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Anybody own/run a coffee shop?
can anyone who owns/runs a coffee shop give me some information please, im thinking about opening a small coffee shop in my local town. could you please give me info on coffee suppliers, panini suppliers (pre made), profit margins, insurances, also i was wondering if i buy a product from a supermarket, could i split the…
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Website advice please
Hello, I already have a couple of websites up and running that my friend coded for me. But I'd like to do another, this time a shop. I need to do this myself as my friend is just about to become a Daddy and hasn't the time to help me. Also as it's a shop I'll need to be able to edit it easily. The trouble is dreamweaver…
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Question about Tax and credit card payments
I run a small business, very part-time so my turn over is very small. I have spent quite a bit on capital expenses over the past year on equipment for the job. Most of it has been on 0% credit cards (aren't they great!). So each month i pay the minimum payment from my business account. My question is .. what to i put in my…
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Car lease?
:confused: Hi,wondering if anyone can help. I am about to become fully self employed and as such need to get my own car after having previously had a company car through my employers. I am currently going through the VAT registration now, and am going to be trading as a sole trader for the time being. I have several…
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Articles of Association
Hi all, I'm trying to setup an LTD without paying someone else to do it for me. Harder I know, but cheaper :) Does anyone know the best place to get some articles of association for me to send off? Thanks for any help, Amos
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Help claiming back unfair bank charges
I hold a business account with barclays bank and have no clue on what to do about claiming back the money. Where do i get all past years statements? How do i go about it with the bank? Any information provided will be appreciated. Thanks in advance
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Anyone know about opening a shop.....
.....from home? It's early days yet and I'm just starting to mull over the idea of turning one of our downstairs rooms into a small antiques shop/gallery. We've got a big old house in a lovely village and there's no real competition for miles AND our house was once used as a commercial premises many moons ago, so I can't…
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Where to enter Brought forward Losses on Tax Return...?
Hi, I hope someone can point me in the right direction about where I enter 'carried forward business losses' from 2005-2006 tax year into 2006-2007 return. My situation is that I've got a businss loss of £ 12,733.00 {tax year 2005-2006} that I set to carry forward in last years return. Which box or where do I enter this on…
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Setting up Biz, but can't find Suppliers
Hi all, Been looking at importing small electrical goods from china for some time, but despite weeks spent looking through the various directories on the internet, can't find any genuine leads. Does anyone have any contacts with any Suppliers in China which are genuine, I don't want to be stung first time. I've seen a few…
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Business Stationery
Hi, http://www.goodprint.co.uk/frontend/goodprint/letterheads.php?utm_source=email&utm_medium=gpstat4 I have used this company and found them very good. I would confirm that I have no assosciation with them other than as a customer. Your Discount Code is : GPSTAT4
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How Much is your Website Business /Domain name worth........
http://www.dnscoop.com/ Treat it with a bit of sceptism.....LOL
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protecting company name
Iam a painter & decorator been trading under a name 4 a while now.Business going well thinking of going ltd next year some time. Just wondered if any 1 as used any of these online company formation sites to protect a name and would they RECOMMEND any thanks in advance for any replys.:j
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Ltd Company
I think I might be in the same boat as loads of folk and I need some advice. :confused: I work as a contractor in the oil industry (Document control before you think I'm a rich engineer or manager type) and decided in at the end of last year to go limited company to try and take home more of my pay. I signed up with…
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Sole Trader - change of name
Hi there, I have recently registered as a sole trader. It was done a bit swiftly as I wanted to do things 'by the book'. I've now decided that I'd like to change my business name. I was wondering whether this can be done? Does the tax man have kittens at this suggestion or is it a definate no no. Any info/experience would…
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cleaning business
myself,partner friend and her partner are all starting a cleaning buisness,we have jsut started advertising and getting outr name out there as a new business. i know we have 3 months to declare ourselves as a new business,but would like any info of what we ahould be looking out for or genral advice on how people started to…
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What to call my business!!!!
I am going self employed as a book keeper on monday and need to register as self employed with the inland revenue and get some stationary done. i had a name in mind for weeks and now it sounds lame. Any ideas? I will be doing small/medium business books and payroll. Something that stands out but also sound professional!…
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Public & Product Liability
Hi, I have just started my own business and been told that I need Public and Product Liability Insurance. Does anyone know the cheapest/best company to deal with. Many Thanks:confused: