News: June 2012 Work-life balance Most business people struggle to get the "work – life balance" correct. Here are a few tips to help you get it right. Delegate Effective delegation is an

News: June 2012 Low emission business cars Last month we mentioned that the 100% tax write-off for a low emission car is due to end on 31 March 2015, and that from 1

News: June 2012 Characteristics of extraordinary businesses Most business people consider the likes of Google, Apple and BMW to be extraordinary businesses. They are renowned for being great places to work and empower

News: June 2012 Tax in Scotland If you live in Scotland, you probably know that the Scottish Parliament now has the power to set a Scottish rate of income tax to be administered

News: June 2012 Shift your strategy into a higher gear Most businesses develop a strategy at the beginning of the year. As the year progresses they may encounter new challenges as the market

News: June 2012 Tax relief on gifts to the nation This is a new tax relief (called the Cultural Gifts Scheme) for individuals and limited companies that gift a pre-eminent object to the

News: June 2012 IR35 issues? If you provide your business services via your own personal service company, rather than being employed directly by the organisation(s) using your services, you will probably know plenty

News: May 2012 Facebook advertising Many of us have a Facebook profile. Most of us are aware that Facebook presents businesses with an opportunity to connect with potential customers. Few of us have

News: May 2012 HMRC help for their customers The amount of information supplied nowadays by HMRC for taxpayers (or customers as they like to call us, even though we have no choice but

News: May 2012 Build your client base through micro-marketing Micro-marketing essentially refers to business development through networking. The idea is to identify a target market and then build a list of contacts that