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Business Broadband
In all this doom and gloom I thought I'd share a bit of good news I had today.We currently pay Plusnet £32 + vat for business fibre broadband and line rental - a 'special offer' on a 2 year deal that was coming to an end soon.Phoned PN today - 'we are really busy with the current situation etc' so I hung up and tried on…
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Coronavirus £10,000 grant - Rates in with rent
Hi, I employ 10 staff and have a 1200sqft office which comes within the small business rates relief. However my landlord pays the rates and just charges me rent. How do I get this grant?
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If choose to furlough employees, do we still pay them first
Hi All, As an employer of a Ltd company, if you choose to furlough employees, do you still pay them or do you have to stop paying them? The HMRC portal isn't ready until end April? Thanks
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Merging 2 companies
I have 2 limited companies, each owing a house which is completely unencumbered. I want to combine the 2 so I can use the properties as leverage for a loan. Can I do this myself or do I have to employ a solicitor? TIA
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Sole trader account vs Business account vs Personal Current Account || Self-employed
Hey folks, hope you
are doing well. I am writing this post regarding the most suitable type of bank account for a sole trader who is running a small creative business (brand identities, logotypes, explainer videos etc.) I had read on HMRC forums that is not obligatory for a sole trader to have a separate bank account for…
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Is Square the most affordable card payment for a small biz? || Self-employed
Hey folks, hope you
are doing well. I am writing regarding the most affordable card payment in the UK. I have been looking for a while some a card payment options for small biz (sole trader), mainly due to some enquires from the previous clients. It seems that square option, with an availability to use on-to-go, is a quite…
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Catch 22
I run a bakery which was due to close on March 31st.
Both the other employees have been made redundant and I am due to go self
employed on the 1st of April. There has been no income for 3 weeks,
and none expected for the next few months. The furlough employee support although back dated won’t be
available until after the…
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Sole trader then employed - help please
Hi folks Just wondering if I could get a bit of advice please? In Sep 2019, I took voluntary redundancy. In November 2020 I set up as a sole trader and made around £3000 between then and now. I didn't register with HMRC as I know you have until 5th October 2020 to notify them. I'm due to start a new job at the end of March…
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Charity Event legalities....
Hello I am hoping you can help. I am organising a charity event in the summer but I need a
bit of guidance and pointers in relation to the legal side of it. I have looked
on Google and it’s a bit of minefield. The event is quite simple – it’s a jumble trail. People hold
garage/yard sales on their own property on the given…
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izettle - charging commission to top-up account for refunds
Just contacted izettle about how to top up the account balance to refund all of our customers who are cancelling their bookings at our small boutique b&b business. Turns out the only way to do this is by a card transaction and therefore pay commission on the top-up! Anyone else having the same issue (I assume so)?
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Managing Small business Cashflow || Self-employed
Hey folks, hope you are doing well. I have a question regarding good cashflow practices? Do you know any useful resources aka courses, books, webinars which will be helpful to improve cashflow practices from point of view a sole trader? Thank you so much for
any support you can give and I appreciate your time Kind regards,…
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Moved: Cookery School - Coronavirus Cancellation Policy
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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…
