Finding your way through the maze of information available on the internet presents a challenge. Here in our business centre you will find wide-ranging content covering aspects of business planning and management. Our eleven business guides will lead you into over 100 fact and information centres.
We welcome the opportunity of advising you in any of these areas - do please contact us for advice or if you have suggestions for guides that should be included in this online information service.
Budget Day 22 June 2010
Our site has now been updated to include details of the raft of announcements made by Chancellor George Osborne in his first Budget Speech. These changes include a new rate of capital gains tax of 28% and an increase in entrepreneurs’ relief from £2 million to £5 million.
Keeping your business dynamic and forward-looking is not just a matter of chasing new customers. It involves every aspect of the business operation, from marketing to product development, from administration to training, from financial management to creative thinking.
The customer-driven business is a successful business. Here we look at ways of understanding your customers, of keeping them happy and of measuring their value to your business.
No matter how much cash there is in the bank or how large its stock is, a firm's most valuable asset is its employees. Taking care of your staff can make the difference between an ordinary business and a truly successful one.
We have a range of up to date articles and commentaries on the effect of the recession on small businesses, banks, lending and saving, the economy and pensions and investments.
No business can afford invisibility, which is why the way a business markets itself and how it plans its sales are vital to its development and growth.
Information technology and the internet are increasingly central to businesses of every size and of every sector, and are set to become even more important in the future.
The actions that are being taken by governments to combat climate change will have a significant impact on businesses over the coming years. As well as helping to safeguard the environment, going 'green' can have several other advantages for a firm.
A strategy to maximise the assets of your business on its sale requires patient, advance planning.
Upcoming deadlines
Sep
19
2010
CIS return date
Construction Industry Scheme : Monthly return due for period to 5th of month
Sep
30
2010
Company accounts filing deadline
Company Accounts Filing Date
Filing deadline at Companies House (Northern Ireland: Companies Registry) of accounts for private companies with a year ended 31 December 2009 and for public companies with a year ended 31 March 2010
CT61 date
End of CT61 quarterly period
Corporation tax return date
Filing deadline for Corporation Tax Return Form CT600 for period ended 30 September 2009 to be submitted to HMRC
Small business rate relief date
In England, closing date for business ratepayers to claim Small Business Rate Relief for 2009/10 financial year.
Oct
01
2010
Fuel duty increase
Fuel duty to increase in real terms by 1 pence per litre
Corporation tax
Due date for payment of Corporation Tax for year ended 31 December 2009, for those companies not liable to pay their liability by instalments.
