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Essential Business Growth Principles
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You may remember our Essential Business Growth Principles from a few months ago, when they were part of an email series. If you missed any, or just want to re-read them, they are now on the website! Just click here to access them.
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 Top Tax Tip
If you would like more Tax Tips, why not download our specially designed Tax Kits?
Or, to get more specific advice, use our free Ask an Accountant service!
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Questions that Change Your Mind
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote 'To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.' How might that be a recipe for disaster?
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Andrew Sercombe
andrew@powerchange.com
Powerchange - we deal with emotional pain too.
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Quote Of The Week
For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.
Doug Larson
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Scan This!
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These are the new QR codes that are becoming more and more popular across the UK. Tips of the week - put one on your business card, all people have to do is scan it (through a QR code scanner on their phone), and they get redirected to your website straight away!
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Joke of the Week
Did you know... 10 out of 9 accountants can't count.
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Free Useful Business Forms
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We have a new resource on our website, where you can get all the forms you need for dealing with the Taxman and Inland Revenue.
To have a look, click here.
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Sponsoring the Brainteaser
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Greetings!  The answer for the last Brainteaser competition (Chickens) was: 101 And the winner is... No-one got the correct answer for the last BrainTeaser, so the prize will be rolled-over to this BrainTeaser! Last week's BrainTeaser was sponsored by Philemon Business Development. This week's BrainTeaser is being sponsored by Philemon Business Development. If you would like to know more about sponsoring our BrainTeaser, please click here. |
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What Animal?
Find out what the animals are! (for example, "To run away or escape" could be a "flea") 1. hair-control foam 2. very exposed 3. tellin' falsities 4. a lamenting cry 5. a dull person 6. a precious or loved one 7. first you get a parking ticket, then you get this 8. these make up a chain
(The person with the most correct answers wins!)
Click here to email us the answer! This week's BrainTeaser is being sponsored by Philemon Business Development. If you would like to know more about the benefits of sponsoring our BrainTeaser, click here.
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3 Things You Can Do Right Now To Reduce The Amount Of Tax You Pay!
#1 - If you use your home as your office, and use your electricity and phone line, have you claimed a percentage of your bill against your income? Tip: You can only claim a percentage based on the percentage you use it for business use, eg. If you use your home telephone 80% for personal use, and 20% for business use, you can claim for 20% of your bill against your taxable income.
#2 - Have you made full use of the fact that each of your children can earn up to £6,475 a year as income and £10,100 a year in capital gains - completely tax free? Tip: Grandparents can be the key here, since it is not as simple as parents putting money in their children's names.
So professional advice is essential.
To read the last tip, please click here.
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3 Things You Can Do Right Now To Increase Your Turnover!
There are three ways that I'm going to tell you that can increase your turnover.
This is achieved by doing one or more of the following:
- Increasing the number of customers
- Increasing the prices of your products or services
- Increasing the frequency in which people buy from you
If more than one of these takes place, then there will be an exponential effect on the growth of your turnover!
To read the rest of this article, please click here.
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Client Spotlight - BIG
Business Inspiring Growth - 26th September 2011 Event Invitation
Keepers would like to invite you to the Business Inspiring Growth Show - FREE Help and Support To Grow Your Business In Sussex. Visit our stand & win wine!
So What Is The BIG Idea?
BIG is a business growth show focused on helping you. Book your place for this FREE event for all businesses in and around Sussex, held at The Hawth Crawley on 26th September 2011. We really
hope that this will be a business show with a difference.
FREE Workshops will run throughout the day, there will be some inspirational business speakers there to help your business:
· Nigel Botterill, Serial Entrepreneur, Top Business Author and Business Mentor - sharing the "18 Secrets Every Business Owner Should Know".
· Warren Cass one of the Uk's leading Social Media strategy speakers - giving advice and ideas on implementation of Social Media in your business
· Matt Turner from award winning Creative Pod Marketing Design- talking about "Marketing your business on a serious budget".
· Natwest & Skills South East - "How to get more money for your business"
To learn more about the workshops, click here.
This is a great opportunity for every business owner to focus for a day on how to drive their business forward. This show is for all business sectors, no matter the business experience, there will be something for everyone to learn. All visitors to the event are FREE but you must register, so please book your place now.
We look forward to seeing you there
Find out more information at www.businessinspiringgrowth.co.uk
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(Investments) Understanding Premium Bonds
Did you know that if you invest in a premium bond, you get your winnings completely tax-free?
Well you do, but there is a limit of £30,000. If you invest the full amount, you are likely (but not guaranteed!) to get a reasonable rate of return because of the amount of bonds you hold. Prizes are based on a rate of return of 1.5% (April 2010).
Premium Bonds regularly pay out prizes, and of course, these are all tax free.
Perhaps more importantly though, there is also the opportunity to hit the jackpot with the big prize standing at £1 million.
Please click here to read the rest of this article.
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Comedy Zone - Google Will Kill You...
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