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Newsletter 60
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TipOfTheWeekTop Tax Tip

 

If you are a Limited Company, are you sure you are using the most tax efficient mix of salary & dividends?


If you need any help regarding this, please click here or ring us on 0800 612 2008


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!


Questions that Change Your Mind

  

 

What emotion stirs as I think about the future?

 

  

Andrew Sercombe

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Powerchange 

 
 
Quote Of The Week

 

 A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

 
 

William Feather 

 

Scan This!


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!

 

Joke of the Week  

 

When you do a good deed, get a receipt, in case heaven is like HMRC.

  

   We want you to be a part of your Newsletter, so please send us your jokes!

Free Useful Business Forms

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. 

 

 

Sponsoring the Brainteaser 

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If you are interested in sponsoring our Brainteaser,  click here to learn more about the benefits of doing so, and how it works.

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Greetings!     

 

Before we get started with the winner of the last BrainTeaser, and this week's BrainTeaser, we have a challenge for you!

 

We want you to email us, and tell us what your best marketing strategy is. More importantly, we want you to tell us WHY you think it's your best marketing strategy. 

 

The best email we get (best strategy + best explanation) will win a mysterious prize that could be worth �1000's to your business! 

 

You can email us by clicking on this link.

Now, the winner of the BrainTeaser!

 

The answer for the last Brainteaser competition (Boxes) was - 

 

Question: A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment, he sent a total of 96 boxes. If there aremore large boxes than small boxes, how many cartons did he ship?

 

was 11 Cartons... 7 Large cartons, and 4 small cartons.

 

Congratulations to Angela Larking, from Total Computer Support Ltd, won the BrainTeaser!

 

Last week's BrainTeaser was sponsored by UK Automotive. 

 

This week's BrainTeaser is being sponsored by DMC Vehicles.

 

If you would like to know more about sponsoring our BrainTeaser, please click here. 

BrainTeaser - What's Missing?

 

We're going to try something a little different in this BrainTeaser. Below you will see a snapshot of a very basic website. We want you to email us, and tell us the things that you think are missing, in order to make a good CUSTOMER AND LEAD-GENERATING website. 

 

The person with the most/best answers will be the winner!

 

 

 

If you can't see the picture above, click here to open the picture in a new tab/window.

 

Click here to email us the answer!  

 

This week's BrainTeaser is being sponsored by DMC Vehicles. If you would like to know more about the benefits of sponsoring our BrainTeaser, such as a free 'do-follow' link and more, click here.  

  

It is expensive hiring staff, we get that. It's one of the main reasons a lot of small businesses leave it until the last possible moment to hire someone. The reason for this blog post is to try and help you make it a little less expensive to hire an employee, and get the helping hand that you need. 

 

1 - Are you certain that you make the most of tax-free benefits in kind for your 

staff? Some of the possibilities include:  

 

* Providing mobile phones (no more than one per employee) 

* Giving them luncheon vouchers 

* Subsidising certain forms of transport to and from work - including bus fares. 

 

Client Spotlight - UK Automotive

 

Hi, my name's Dave Cook, and I'm one of two Directors at UK Automotive Services.

 

We are a relatively new company, although between myself and Mark Cropley, my co director, we have more than 40 years experience in the Motor Industry.

 

UK Automotive Services was set up to provide small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) with the automotive products, information and services currently only available to larger corporations; we offer the complete service, from helping with van purchase and finance, fitting out with accessories and safety equipment, fleet and driver management, contracted or pay as you go vehicle maintenance and finally de-fleeting and vehicle disposal!

 

The benefits our clients enjoy from having everything in one place include not having to deal with multiple suppliers and phoning around, spending precious time trying to, say, fit-out their van or deal with maintenance issues. With our buying power we can also offer substantial discounts from some of Europe's leading suppliers; it's all a part of the UK Automotive Service!

 

"We have found Keepers Accountancy inspirational, and a breath of fresh air, with their friendly and efficient service." Dave Cook, UK Automotive

 


In Partnership with Bott UK, we are also able to offer you premium Vehicle Storage Systems! If you would like to 
learn more about this service, please click here.

 

We are also TomTom Business solutions dealers offering you one of the Europe's leading tracking products. Please click here.

 

As a part of this Client Spotlight, we are offering anyone who reads this a free fleet health check, as well as 10% off all Bott and TomTom products!

 

Please take a look around our website here and see how we can take time and cost out of your business!

Why Its Good To Be A Stats Freak! 

  

Every company needs a stats freak. In fact, you could even go as far to say that every department needs a stats freak. 

 

Why? 

 

Well, how else would you know how you're performing? 

 

A stats freak will give you the vital information you need to run your business. 

 

As an example, let's take a marketing stats freak. 

 

He/She will tell you exactly how much money you're spending on exactly which avenue of marketing, and what the Return on Investment is for each marketing strategy. 

 

To read the rest of this article, please click here.

 

 

Comedy Zone - Social Media Makes Communication Easier

 

 
Social Media Makes Communication Easier

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