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Business Finance Tips
- Business Debt Recovery - How to handle a client that isn't paying.
- Turning Around a Business - How to turn your business around in difficult climates
- Choosing an Accountant or Bookkeeper- How to choose the the right Accountant or Bookkeeper for your needs
- Choosing a Solicitor or Barrister - How to choose the right legal adviser for your business
- Understanding Accounting Terminology - A useful Jargon Buster to help you understand your finances
- Professional Indemnity Insurance - What it is and why you need it.
- Insurance for Retail - How do you decide what insurances you need?
- Advantages of Hiring or Buying machinery - Which path is best for your business, Hiring or Buying?
- VAT and Business - Understanding the complexities of VAT.
- Affording Research & Development costs - Grants and Tax Credit available to companies wishing to do R&D.
- Tax-efficient Christmas - What are the regulations surrounding the festive period for businesses.
- The importance of setting sales targets - Why you should have sales targets and how to work out what they should be.
- Employers Liability Insurance - Do I really need it?
- IR35 Compliance - What is it, and how do you make sure you comply.
- The Importance of Company Credit Checking - Why you should make sure your customers are a good "risk".
- Real Time Payroll - What is it, and how it will affect your business
Business Marketing Tips
- How to market your new business - Useful advice on the right ways to market your business
- Websites for Accountants - The benefits of using a specialist design firm
- Prototypes: Do I need one? - How a precision scale model could help your business.
- Choosing your company image - What to think about when trying to choose your company name and image
- Designing a good business card - Tips on what makes a good business card
- Centralized global marketing - The benefits of centralizing your global marketing strategy.
- How to get the best from your QR Code - What is a QR code, are they useful, and does your business need one?
- Why testimonials are important - Why you should display testimonials on your website and marketing.
- Double sided business cards - How to make the most of all the business card you design.
- Institutional Advertising - Why it doesn't work for SME businesses.
- Using Twitter for marketing - A few hints and tips on how to use Twitter to market your business
- Importance of mobile compatible websites - Why your business should be thinking about going mobile.
- Rebranding your business - The pro's and con's of rebranding your business.
- Marketing your business at an exhibition - Things to think about if you are thinking of attending a trade show.
- Do I need a graphic designer? - Some things to consider before you decide.
- What use are review sites? - What review sites are most trusted, and why
- Causes of shopping cart abandonment - What causes potential clients to back out of their sale.
- Post-abandonment marketing - How to help convert abandoned carts into sales.
Business Law Tips
- Displaying Company information on websites and emails - Outlining the information required by law
- Health and Safety, a basic guide
- Business types - Guide to the sorts of business types available
- Working Time Regulations - Article explaining Working Time Regulations
- Fire Regulations and risk assessment - What is required for a Fire Risk Assessment
- Accidents at Work - What to do if you have an accident at work
- Choosing a Solicitor or Barrister - How to choose the the right legal adviser for your business
- Understanding Maternity and Paternity Rights - Explaining your rights as a working parent-to-be
- Do I need an international law firm? - The benefits of an international law firm if you are setting up a business abroad or expanding into foreign markets.
- Complexities of employment law - Understanding employment law is vital for a successful business, whether you are an employer or employee.
- Your employment rights and the DDA - your obligations as an employer to your disabled staff.
- The Provision of Personal Protective Equipment - your obligations under The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992
- CDM Co-ordinators - What is a CDMC, why do you need one, and when should you appoint one to comply with the CDM Regulations 2007
- E-cigs and the Law - How the law stands on the use of E-cigs in the workplace.
- CRB Checks - What are they and who needs them.
- Data Protection and your business - how to help keep your business on the right side of the Data Protection Act 1998
- CHAS Accreditation - What is it, and why your business may need it.
- Holiday Entitlements - Understanding your obligation to your staff regarding holidays.
- Employers Liability Tracing Office - What it means for you.
UK Business News : News as it happens direct from the BBC
- News from Companies House
General Business Tips
- Steps to starting your business
- Business Services
- Safe computer use - A guide to how to avoid computer use related pain
- Healthy eating at work - A few tips to help you keep up your healthy eating plan
- What is flexible working - A brief guide to what flexible working involves.
- Flexible Working - Employee Benefits - A guide to the possible benefits of flexible working and how to go about applying for it.
- Flexible Working - Employer Benefits - A guide to how flexible working can benefit your business and staff.
- Advantages of Water Jet Cutting Machines - A brief guide of the advantages of Hydro-Jet technology over more traditional cutting methods.
- Do I need Disaster Recovery? - A brief guide on how your business can benefit from having disaster recovery in place.
- Office first aid kit checklist - A helpful checklist to help ensure that your office first aid kit is well stocked.
- Choosing a Business Premises - A few things to consider when you are choosing a business premises for your company.
- Business Premises Security - The various methods available to you to secure your business premises against criminals.
- Benefits of working from home - The benefits for both individuals & companies when staff work from home.
- Dealing with office emergancies - things to consider when doing your emergancy planning
- Hiring short-term Managers - The benefits to your business of hiring an Interim Manager over more traditional full time roles.
- Starting up a charity - Things to think about if you are considering starting a charity.
- The importance of updating your CMS - Why you should ensure your Wordpress/Joomla!/Drupal are updated reguarly.
- Setting up a home office - Things to think about .
- Setting up your grievance procedure - what to include, and where to get help
- Selling your business - Where to go to get the help you need.
Staff Training
- Staff Training - An introduction
- Cost effective training with webinars - Using the internet for staff training
- Benefits of CPD - How Continuing Professional Development can help your staff
- Accountancy training - Information regarding CPD requirements and training for Accountants
- Benefits of "In-House" training - The benefits of "In-House" Training for SME
- Company Law Courses - for Company Secretaries.
- Financial Modeling - A brief explination of what financial modeling is, and where you can get the training to become a financial modeller.
- The Importance of Quality Control - Why training your staff to ISO 9001 could be a good move for your business.
- Retraining with Law Courses - Advice on how to go about changing your career path using law courses.
- Treasury courses for finance professionals - Advice on what to look for when choosing your course.
- Specialist Asbestos Training - The dangers of Asbestos
- Qualified Lawyer Transfer Scheme - What is it, who qualifies to use it?
- Being assertive in the workplace - The benefits
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