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ICO Data Protection Fee
Hi Everyone, My wife who has started a small Ltd company business received this letter today: Is it legitimate? It seems poorly written and does not use her name, just publicly available company house information. Thanks
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New Business
Hey folks, hope you are doing well. I have been running my own affiliate marketing business now for a few years, which has been great. However i feel i am getting more demotivated as time goes by, most likely as the job is very tedious and alot of computer work. I am not sure if it is my true passion, i find it fairly…
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Possible Change from Self Employment to Employed
One of my clients are considering making a job offer. If I were to accept this, and after filing the last return as self employed, I'm not sure if it is worth staying on self assessment & completing future returns with a zero income. Although I'm not likely to have any self employed income, it would provide the…
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Free Client database softwar
I'm a sole trader, small turnover and I'm looking for some way to manage my clients. I'm after software for... Customer details - Group/ Site/ contact/ phone/ email/ payment terms - normal stuff A way to mailshot - emails/ post Diary - Meetings/ next contact Notes - what we discussed Invoicing Accounting The above list is…
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New business fear
I have a virtual assistant business which I’m planning on starting soon. It’s a trial run for now to see how it goes that I’ve been researching for the business plan for almost a year but when looking into insurance (specialist insurance for the sector) I saw you are insured up to £3m (can go higher for your types of…
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Ideas on how to grow a business
Hello A little bit more information on myself and my thinking- I'm an electrician I work for a company at the moment full time , I do a few jobs outside work for friends and family however I've recently had a bit of interest through word and mouth with people asking me to do work for them. I'm looking towards the next step…
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Employing first employee
Hi All We are looking at employing our first employee (my sister). What are the things we need to do? Our acccountant will sort out payroll and auto enrol with NEST, thanks.
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Can I save tax bill money?
Hi, so I start new employment in April and because they are Jersey based it means I need to fill in self-assessment annually. I intend to remove the tax I would pay and place it in a separate account but can I place this money in a savings account and withdraw at the end of the year? Are their laws prohibiting this? self…
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food allergen information - charity fundraising event
I hope somebody can answer my question or point me to the regulations. Non registered food provider doesn't have to provide information for consumers about allergens present in the food as ingredients. Does this still apply if community/charity organisation is providing food (as non registered food provider) at a premise…
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Help with business partnership hell!
My husband has had a business for many years and I reluctantly joined his company as a partner in the middle of last year, for tax purposes so he could pay less tax by ‘offsetting’ some monies to me. We have now decided our marriage isn’t working and we are separating. I told him yesterday we need to see the accountant so…
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Is there such a thing as a “craft” career?
I sadly chose some limited options in the past when studying when younger which were 95% art based. i work nights till midnight since having to give up my FT job after giving birth and hubs works days starting at 5am and baby is up at 430 so - yeh! Little sleep for mummy but we need the money and can’t afford childcare nor…
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Help with cost of trip
my friends partner is dying, they want to take their children to Disney land Paris, are there any charities that can help with the cost of this?x
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ICO Fee. Do I need to pay this?
Hello. I'm a freelance designer working as a limited company. I sub-contract work out to other freelancers too. I've recently had a letter from ICO saying I need to pay a fee regarding data security and whatnot. I know the company address, phone number and email of the people I deal directly and nothing else.Do I need to…
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Leaving a 50/50 Limited Company with PG’s
Looking for a bit of advice on walking away from a business with 50% share set up as a limited company. (No shareholding agreement - silly I know) The company itself makes less profit than I could obtain in a traditional job elsewhere and I invested nothing into it starting off, so walking away empty handed would not make…
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How to get invoices paid and assist Clients in financial difficulty
Hi all - hoping you can advise on a tricky situation! I am a limited company. I have completed the service I was asked to do, and my Client is very happy with the outcome. However, my Client has just informed me they can't pay me, as outlined in our payment terms, till they apply to a loan company to release money for the…
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Setting up as a sole trader and basic business set up and skills needed
Hi I am going to set up my business seeing clients one to one privately. I have a premises and insurance in place and I have the experience and qualifications in my field. What I don't have is the business skills. So I am doing my research obviously before I start. I know I need to set up as sole trader. I won't have any…
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Saving for tax
I'm needing a little bit of help. I'm self employed and putting a little by, 30% of each income payment as advised by my accountant. But im trying to work out where my savings should be by this point in the year. Is it simply a calculation of: total expected tax bill divided by 12 months, minus what I have already got…
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Late Self assessment tax
Hi folks. For the 1st time in 11 years, I havent been able to pay my 31st January tax bill. I'm freaking out. I cant even afford the monthly payments they are suggesting as its upwards of £300 a month! What's my best way to proceed? Loan? Credit card money transfer? I really need some help. Thank you in advance. Natasha
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Mis-sold Unsuitable Product and Payment Dispute - where can I go next?
I am a sole trader with a hobby that I have been looking to turn into a small just for fun business. To date I have had no clients, so in October I decided to hold a stall at a show in the industry my business relates to, simply to test if it was a viable business or not. During the show I was approached by a publishing…
