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29 October 2008
What’s stopping you
If you are a woman and have ever thought about working for yourself or have actually taken the plunge in the last year, then this event hosted by Business Link might be worth a look. |
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29 October 2008
Protecting your great idea
You know your brilliant idea is bound to work and of course you want to make sure that no-one else can copy or adapt that idea. |
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22 October 2008
Save tax with advanced tax planning
We have teamed up with the very best tax experts in the UK to bring leading edge advanced tax planning strategies to you. |
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22 October 2008
A review of your business structure could save thousands!
How your business is structured can have a dramatic effect on your annual tax bills. |
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16 October 2008
Tax return submission deadlines
Here are the rules about dates for submission of personal tax returns to the Inland Revenue. |
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14 October 2008
7 things to do during a downturn
From improved cashflow to canny investments, there are 7 essential things you can do to benefit your business now. |
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14 October 2008
Improving your cashflow
Following on from our article above called on 7 things to do during a downturn here are some some notes on how to improve your cashflow. |
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14 October 2008
Improving your profits
Following on from our article above called 7 things to do during a downturn here are some some notes on how to improve your profits, and hence improve long term cash flow. |
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30 September 2008
New Regulation Updates
The following changes and updates come into force on 1st October, affecting all sizes of business. |
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30 September 2008
Choosing the right Insurance for your Business
There are many different types of business insurance available and you need to decide those which are essential, optional or just not required at all. |
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30 September 2008
What's your leadership style?
Whether you are managing a team at work, captaining your sports team or leading your organisation, your leadership style is crucial to your success. |
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22 September 2008
Don’t forget to reclaim your VAT!
If your business has overpaid VAT for accounting periods ending between 1 April 1973 and 1 May 1997 you can still claim it back before 31st March 2009. |
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22 September 2008
Shattering the tax myths – letting to lodgers is tax free
Tax myths are creating problems in an already confusing tax system. In each edition we will unravel a well known tax myth and give you the truth. |
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22 September 2008
Investments can seriously affect your tax bill!
Choosing the best investment is difficult enough. You want an investment that gets you the best return. |
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19 August 2008
New Regulation Updates
The following changes and updates come into force on 1st October, affecting all sizes of business. |
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19 August 2008
Food for thought
How effective is your organisation?
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19 August 2008
Is the first £30,000 of your redundancy package tax free?
With the current credit crunch, some employers are considering reducing their work forces. |
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19 August 2008
Have you sold a Spanish property?
Anyone who has sold a Spanish property between July 2004 and December 2006 may be entitled to reclaim a substantial portion of the Spanish Capital Gains Tax (CGT) paid at the time of sale. |
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29 July 2008
Homeworkers tax free rate increases!
The guideline rate that employers can pay employees, free of tax and NIC, for working at home has increased from £2 per week to £3 per week. |
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29 July 2008
Reclaim VAT on building your own home
bIf you are about to or in the process of building your own home, then you may be able to reclaim the VAT on the costs. |
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29 July 2008
Rewarding employees tax efficiently
Your key employees are the key to the success of your business. It is therefore essential that you keep them highly motivated. |
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23 July 2008
Getting Paid – making sure it happens on time
The newspapers and television are full of doom and gloom about a possible recession. More than ever you must be paid on time. |
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23 July 2008
Working from Home – important considerations
Thinking of working from home, or already reading this in your home office? |
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22 July 2008
How to cut costs painlessly
Cost cutting is often a knee jerk response to a drop in orders or change in the economic climate such as we are currently experiencing. |
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22 July 2008
How is your business doing in the current economic downturn?
How many times have you been asked this question recently? Lots of clients have asked me this. They often also ask how other clients are doing. |
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1 July 2008
Business Link Articles
You may remember that in last month’s edition of eProactivity (June 2008), I recommended the Business Link website. |
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30 June 2008
Paying your Employees to Leave?
For some time now, k&h have been focusing on new ideas on attracting, developing and retaining employees. |
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27 June 2008
Closing the order – You are what you eat!
There was a interesting article that four out of five UK businesses believe the type of biscuit they serve to potential clients could clinch the deal or make it crumble, a survey says. |
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27 June 2008
Driving down the cost of living
Back in May our chairman Andrew Gray looked at "The real cost of running your car?" (Tuesday 20 May) with the astonishing result that it could cost up to almost £1.14 per mile! |
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18 June 2008
Plan your exit well
There are a number of ways that you can give up your business, including... |
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12 June 2008
Don’t ignore pensions
As personal pension payments are paid net of basic rate tax, they are affected by the recent fall in basic rate income tax. |
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23 May 2008
Shattering the tax myths – I don’t pay tax in the year I move abroad
Tax myths are creating problems in an already confusing tax system. One such myth covers moving abroad. This is a complete minefield unless adequate preparation is made... |
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19 May 2008
Plan ahead if you own personally your business premises
Prior to 6 April 2008 an individual that owned a property used by a business, whether they owned the business or not, could enjoy a tax rate of as little as 10% when they came to sell... |
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14 May 2008
Tax investigations - will your business be targeted?
Although nothing has been said officially, the taxman appears to be targeting certain types of businesses for investigations in future... |
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9 May 2008
New, stricter filing deadlines and penalties for filing accounts
For accounting periods starting after 5 April 2008 the filing deadlines have been reduced... |
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6 May 2008
Team Happiness
In an ever increasing competitive business world, we are frequently told to concentrate on customer service as a way of increasing profits... |
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1 May 2008
Contract Employment
A recent survey by Jaluch of organisations in the UK has looked into organisational practices relating to the drafting and issuing of employment contracts and handbooks... |
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30 April 2008
More Reasons to investigate you
This year's Finance Bill contains details of revolutionary changes to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation powers from 1 April 2009... |
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28 April 2008
Changes in patent translation requirements
With effect from 1 May 2008 the translations you need to file in order for your European patent to have effect in other countries will be reduced... |
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10 April 2008
Extending protection against unlawful sex discrimination in goods, facilities, services and premises
From 6 April 2008, the law will be amended to strengthen protection against discrimination on the grounds of sex, which includes gender reassignment, in the provision of - and access to - goods, facilities, services and premises... |
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7 April 2008
Next phase of company law greater choice in how you operate
From 6 April 2008, additional sections of the Companies Act 2006 will come into force... |
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31 March 2008
People buy from People
This must be one of the most quoted phrases in any business conversation, and indeed very few people will deny the inherent truth behind this statement... |
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28 March 2008
New measures to protect vulnerable agency workers
With effect from 6 April 2008, there are new regulations to protect vulnerable agency workers... |
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26 March 2008
Controversial income shifting rules delayed for a year
Whilst the Chancellor’s speech was silent on the matter, buried in the press releases a brief announcement admitted that further consultation was necessary... |
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18 March 2008
Tax savings on green company cars extended but watch the trap!
One of the new initiatives under this Budget is to extend the current 100% first year allowances for businesses providing cars with low CO2 emissions.... |
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12 March 2008
Investment limits for Individual Savings Accounts (ISA’s) increased
From 6th April 2008 the amounts that can be invested into ISA’s will increase up to £3,600 per tax year for a cash ISA... |
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29 February 2008
Train to gain grants - Apply by end of March
We have all heard about emerging economies and the potential impact this growth will have on our own marketplace... |
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27 February 2008
Do you have the right business image?
With 80% of UK homes on broadband, more and more people are choosing to shop online due to the increased convenience and security the internet offers... |
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18 February 2008
Another Government climb down but good news for business owners
The government has made a welcome Capital Gains Tax u-turn. They originally proposed in October 2007 a flat rate of 18% for all capital gains... |
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12 February 2008
More Revenue Crackdowns – Property Rental
Do you have undeclared rental income? If you do then expect a discrete letter from your local tax inspector... |
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07 February 2008
Moving House? Reading this could save you a lot of money!
Are you looking to move house in the near future? We can help you reduce your Stamp Duty Land Tax bill... |
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05 February 2008
Alistair Darling’s compromise not enough!
Despite Darling’s draft proposals being amended, many business owners and property owners may still need to take action prior to 6th April 2008... |
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05 February 2008
Tax impact of Proposed dividend legislation
If you own shares in your own company, have you maximised the amount of dividends that can be taken on or before 5th April 2008?... |
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04 February 2008
How to be a Complete Failure with your Business Finances
A concise and timely reminder of the essential rules if you want to completely mess up your finances. Let’s hope you don’t know any of them!... |
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30 January 2008
How to survive the hard times
How would you keep your business active during a market downturn? Where would you invest your precious time, resources and budget? Should you hire more sales staff, launch a new campaign, or just cutback on less profitable lines of business... |
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08 January 2008
10 fresh ideas for 2008
Take action on some of them, none of them, all of them … and let us know if you have any other ideas... |
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03 January 2008
Inheritance Tax planning still very much alive
There are reports that Inheritance Tax planning for married couples and civil partners is dead after the pre-budget report effectively provided that both Nil Rate Bands would be available for couples. Whilst this may be the case for simple estates worth less than £125,000, it is not true for many other couples... |
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03 January 2008
Save tax on entertaining
This time of year many more businesses are considering the costs of entertaining. This can include those recent Christmas parties for employees, and normal business entertainment for potential customers, existing clients and suppliers... |
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03 January 2008
K&H announces top level changes
With the start of the New Year comes a new era for the management team at Kirkpatrick & Hopes. Pauline Williamson takes over from Andrew Gray as Managing Director from 1st January 2008, allowing Andrew to move over to the position of Chairman... |
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19 December 2007
Identity Theft – Impact and Prevention
What problems are caused by ID fraud? Your first thought is nearly always on the financial impact, such as... |
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19 December 2007
Which game are you playing?
"Are you playing the game to WIN. or playing not to LOSE!" On this adventure of life what is the game you're playing? The first and more common game is Playing Not to Lose ... |
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21 November 2007
Entrepreneurs find the concept of boards of directors a turn-off
According to a study from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Owner-managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) interviewed by ACCA believed that boards would simply constrain them in running their businesses... |
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30 October 2007
Significant Changes to Capital Gains Tax
The recent Autumn Statement proposed that from 6th April 2008 taper relief and indexation allowance will no longer be available for individuals, personal representatives and trusts... |
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30 October 2007
HMRC frozen out in Arctic!!!
At long last, after four long years, the case of Geoff and Diana Jones and their company Arctic Systems Limited has finally been resolved in favour of Mr & Mrs Jones... |
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24 October 2007
Who would take care of your affairs?
Ever wondered what would happen if you became mentally incapable of managing your own finances or welfare? Who would make decisions regarding your finances or welfare... |
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12 August 2007
Happiness in the UK – reasons to be cheerful.
Enlightened business leaders have been aware for some time of the importance of monitoring how happy the people in their organisation are...
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9 August 2007
How to be a Coach, Not Just a Boss
If you’re trying to get the most out of your team, you might need to think about how you come across to them... |
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8 May 2007
What's our Deal?
Management Guru, David Maister, discusses ways that business leaders can ensure that everyone in their organisations can support the business' aims... |
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8 May 2007
Happiness at work is the ultimate productivity booster
Happiness guru, Alexander Kjerulf, explains why the number one way to increase productivity at work is to increase your employees' happiness... |
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8 May 2007
Barcelona, Milan... and Reading?
Surprising, energetic, inclusive and ambitious are the words being used to market Reading - and the success of the town's football club is helping... |
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2 May 2007
Tax Planning and Franchising Clinics
Following our successful Strategic Alliance Event recently, we are hosting a series of one to one consultations with our tax planning and franchising specialists... |
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19 April 2007
Berkshire Business Show
The inaugural Berkshire Business Show is taking place on 11-12 July 2007 at Newbury College. K&H are proud to be exhibiting... |
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11 April 2007
Paddi Lund's Top 10 Ideas
You may have heard of Paddi Lund before - he's the Australian dentist who does things very differently to the norm... |
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11 April 2007
K&H Business Development Centre
In April K&H threw off our "professionally anonymous" image when new signage was put up on our Overdene House office... |
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11 April 2007
Accountants are the most important professional advisers
A recent survey of 500 owners of SMEs found that a massive 62% believed their accountant to be their most important professional adviser... |
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10 April 2007
Make Training Pay
We all know how vital it is to keep learning but what happens when you get back to work after a training course? |
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4 April 2007
What SMEs really want
A really interesting survey on SME's has just been published by YouGov in conjunction with Panasonic... |
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4 April 2007
New Fuel Scale Charges
With effect from 1st May 2007 there will be changes to the VAT fuel scale charges. |
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4 April 2007
Investing in a holiday rental property
Clients often ask for my opinion on the investment benefits and tax consequences of purchasing a buy to let property... |
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22 March 2007
The Budget 2007 - our take on it
The Chancellor presented his eleventh Budget on 21st March 2007 which included some headline grabbing reductions to tax rates... |
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22 March 2007
Making Gordon Brown's Spending Promises a Reality
Kirkpatrick and Hopes launch new business support initiative to help pay for Gordon Brown’s plan to spend an extra £457 million* in Berkshire... |
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8 March 2007
Business Development Workshop, 25th April, K&H Offices, Theale
Following a successful pilot run in March, we are holding the first of a regular series of Business Development Workshops aimed at small business owners... |
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8 March 2007
AVN Business of the Year
The AVN Business of the Year awards endorse outstanding accountancy practices. K&H are proud to be entered for all 5 categories in the 2007 awards... |
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