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Help Help Help need office space!
Dear all, I apologise right now if an answer to this has been posted before. I need a small office in Scotland. How do I avoid rates? What are these enterprise zones/incubators etc and how do I get to find where they are? Please help cheers
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MS Money for business accounts??
Hi, I'm currently using Quicken deluxe for my husband's business accounts. I actually use MS Money for home finances & find this a bit easier. Does anybody use MS money for business & if so, is it any good?
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Starting new business and risks
Hello Everyone I am new to all this and have never run a business before, so any help would be appreciated I am thinking of buying an existing business from someone. I will be the new leaseholder. It is a fast food retail outlet. The lease is for 10 years and the rent is £160 per week. I believe the rent has to be paid to…
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Treasurer accounts help needed
I have just taken over as treasurer for a school PTA. It's a registered charity and I have been asked to provide accounts for them to see at the next meeting. The previous treasurer did not have accounts - she just checked off the cheques against the statement each month. I was given some receipts and some statements but…
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OS Business Ideas - what can I do from home
Thinking out loud really on this one, I've always wanted to start my own business but with all my bills and mortgage have never really found anything that would pay the bills and give me a decent quality of life. However, I've been thinking of starting up something in my spare time and maybe expand when I plan to work from…
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Procurement Consultant
Hi, Does anyone think there is a market out there for procurement consultancy in small business?
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Running a business at a loss - Tax Issues
Hello, I'm about to start a business as a sole trader in addition to having a full time job. Having completed a business plan it would appear I am going to have to run at a loss for the first few months due to advertising costs etc until the business has enough trade. The question is, I currently pay 40% tax in my main…
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how do you show value of a business if you then sell it on?
how do you show value of a business if you then sell it on? if you set up a business such as a gite (type of bed and breakfast) how do you evaluate the business's worth when you need to sell this on? thanks in advance.
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Business Insurance For A Charity
hi guys can you help i urgently need a business quote for insurance for a charity - are there any online sites? - comparisions sites etc
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Cheap Business Cards
please can anybody tell me where i can find cheap place to get business cards printed? many thanks
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Company Laws Help!
Hello Everyone, I own a small business, only me, I want to shut it down can I just resign as the Director and Company Secretary? My accountant is making a lot of noise about it I think he wants a fee. Is it so simple that i can just resign and then the company is dead? Would be grateful for any help i am a bit stupid with…
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SB freelance work for the U.S advice please
I have been contacted by a company in the U.S to do some design work I am registered with the I.R as I have a small business working from home. How do I declare any money made from this work for the U.S? Do I need to tell the I.R. that it is different work to my registered business, do I need to register it as a new…
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how does trip advisor make money?
hi there, i have been putting thoughts together over weather i should set a website up based on the trip advisor idea where customers reviews provide ratings for a company to get a reputation good or bad. i must stress this is not travel based. i cant go to far into details as its still early stages but the foundations are…
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SB - Adsense newbie
Hi all, I'm a newbie so forgive if this isn't posted in the right place. In the past 18 months I have been homeless and declared myself bankrupt, if only I'd have know about this wonderful site sooner how different things may have been? Thankfully I now have a roof over my head and I'm starting out in a new career making…
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Setting up as a freelancer
Hello, I am thinking of propperly setting myself up as a freelancer (in webdesign/general graphic design). What is the best way to do this? Sole Trader? I won't really need any additional money etc, or really need to buy things, but if for example i set myself up as a sole trader & bought a new computer for working on (and…
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1st December 06 - World Aids Day
Hi all, This time last year I was trying to find out where I could get hold of a red ribbon to support World Aids Day. I thought I would help others and also promote this day (hope you don't mind Martin) by posting the following information. Red Ribbons can be obtained from the following stores: MAC Cosmetics Levi's Virgin…
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Newsmonkey's freelance diary - I'll be needing your help
I left a job last week, and I've decided to go freelance, instead of taking the first full-time job that pays. It's both daunting and quite liberating, and I've got a string of questions that I'll probably end up asking you. What I'm hoping to do here is keep track of some of the stumbling blocks I come against, and…
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Savings Club
Hi, can anyone help We run a Christmas Savings club, where we put in "x" amount of money a month from December to November every year. What is the best account we can put it into to gain the most interest during the year from?
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Taking the leap into self-employment - advice needed
Hi all, My current company can no longer hire me in PAYE form, as our head office is dissolving the regional office we have. But the 3 people I work with say they want me to continue working with them - so much so that in addition to my redundancy payment from head office next month, my regional colleagues are prepared to…
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Starting a charitable trust/foundation; help and pointers please
Hi folks, I currently donate to charity personally and I very much enjoy doing so. I'm also self employed and wondering if there are any advantages to setting up a trust or a foundation in which I can make more tax-efficient donations to charities of my choice. Would it also allow me to make larger donations and can I pick…