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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
Do you always time the payment of dividends and bonuses from your company so they fall in the 'right' tax year for you?
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 "Human beings consist of more than the sum of their parts." What does your life consist of?
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Andrew Sercombe
andrew@powerchange.com
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Quote Of The Week
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
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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
Q. What does an accountant use for birth control?
A. His personality.
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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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Greetings!  The answer for the last Brainteaser competition (How Old?) was: The father was 73, and the son was 37. And the winner is... Peter Wills - Congratulations Peter! Last week's BrainTeaser was sponsored by Get Me In Google. This week's BrainTeaser is being sponsored by WANT Medical. If you would like to know more about sponsoring our BrainTeaser, please click here. |
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BrainTeaser - Delete a letter
Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) something absurd or ridiculous (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) money paid for transportation
2) a type of fruit (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a place for shooting practice
3) a dead body (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a thicket of small trees or shrubs
4) to be filled with longing or desire (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a measurement of time
Click here to email us the answer!
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The VAT Cash Accounting Scheme - Could It Help Your Cashflow?
Rather than accounting for VAT on invoices you receive or issue, if you are using the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme, you account for VAT on the basis of payments you make and receive.
The main benefit of this scheme is cashflow - you don't have to pay VAT on invoices you have issued until your customers pay you. Although, there is two sides to the coin, and you can't reclaim VAT on purchases from your suppliers until you pay them.
You automatically receive bad debt relief, because if no payment is received, then no VAT is due!
Click here to read the rest of this article.
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Changes to our Networking Breakfast on the 4th October
As you should already know, we are hosting a Networking Breakfast on the 4th October (next Tuesday). There have been a few changes to this now, most notably that the whole day is now completely free! To learn more about these changes, please either watch the video below, or go to http://www.keepers.info/paintballing-and-networking-charity-event-sussex/
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10 Marketing Strategies You Should Be Implementing In Your Business
A lot of businesses have been cutting back their Marketing recently, and that's crazy! Considering we've just come out of one of the worst economic downturns ever recorded, we should be Marketing like mad, and trying to get as many new customers/clients as we can!
Which is why I've written this post; to highlight 10 Marketing strategies that you should be implementing, if you are serious about growth.
1. Email Marketing - Emails are one of the most cost-effective ways of marketing to your database. You pay a simple monthly fee, and you can send as many emails as you wish to your customers. The best way to use Email Marketing is to try and add value to the reader; don't try selling too much. A good rule of thumb is to use the ratio 8:1 - 8 parts adding value, and 1 part selling. If you don't, someone else will.
2. Telephone - Cold Calling - Cold calling will always bring in new customers; and that's a fact. The fact is, though, that many people find it very difficult to actually get on the phones. This is a matter of confidence; try watching some videos on Youtube, or visit this website, and then have a go on the phone - you'll be surprised how much difference it actually makes! Remember; cold calling is vital to your business. If you don't, someone else will.
Click here to read the rest of this article.
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If you operate ANY commercial vehicles, this is a must-attend, free, evening!
UK Automotive have discovered a simple and cost effective way to provide for all your vehicle needs and are launching their unique innovative service, that will revolutionise your thinking on commercial vehicle operating, on the 6th October.
This is your invitation to Brighton and Hove Golf Club, where the revolutionary Supply.Fit.Maintain launch will be exclusively revealed along with speakers from their industry partners.
There is also the chance to drive a Mercedes Benz AMG around a race track, as well as many other fantastic prizes they are giving away in a prize draw on the night. If that isn't enough to convince you to show your face, there is also a free bar!
The event will be held at the Brighton & Hove Golf Club on Devils Dyke Road, on the 6th October at 6pm. There are only limited places, and we already know that this event is going to be fully booked very soon, so to book your place and learn more, please click here - http://www.autoserve.uk.com/launch.html
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The Taxman's website says that you can't claim tax relief for the cost of promotional gifts unless they cost £50 or less, and carry some obvious advertising. It turns out that's only half the story; so what's the full story?
Regardless of whether it's a gesture of goodwill at Christmas, or a sales promotion, gifts have been part of business practice for a long, long time. So you would have thought that the Taxman would have a consistent approach to these by now. Well, unfortunately, he doesn't.
We spoke to a few people that ought to be 'in the know', and found that the general view was that to get tax relief, and reclaim VAT on the cost of a business gift, it had to cost £50 or less, carry 'conspicuous advertising', and not be tobacco, food or drink.
Click here to read the rest of this article.
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