HMRC Debt Management letters http://t.co/GjFVgesJ
HMRC Debt Management letters
A colleague gave me a copy of a letter she'd received from HMRC today and I could not believe what I was reading. The client actually thought someone was trying to scam money from her because of the way the letter was phrased. I've included a copy of the letter below so read on...
Breaking Down The Barriers to Entrepreneurship
I went to Parliament yesterday at the invitation of the All Party Parilamentary Small Business Group. They were launching their report on "Breaking Down the Barriers to Entrepreneurship".
The report was supported by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and is a first attempt to get to grips with improving levels of entrepreneurship across Britain.
How to do bookkeeping
People regularly ask me about bookkeeping. How easy is it to do? Isn’t it just too complicated for me? How much time will it take? Isn’t bookkeeping just accounting? And lots of other questions besides. The truth is that bookkeeping is generally very straightforward and doing it regularly will help you to get a handle of what is happening within your business and will enable you to use accounting to your advantage.
The EU and Britain's SMEs
I recently met Marina Yannakoudakis who a Conservative MEP at an event orgainsed by the Federation of Small Businesses. One of the points I raised with Marina was the lack of awareness of EU funding available to SMEs in Britain. Marina agreed that there was a problem here and pointed me in the direction of some very useful information. Over my next few blog postings I'm going to outline some of what is out there.
Ways to save
Saving money is never easy. Money comes in and pretty much all of it goes out. That seems to be the lot for most of us but there is a way to get a grip on your finance. It works well for personal finances and can help you to understand the different ways you can save money. It works just as well in business where you can use accounting to your advantage and will help you to develop into a money expert. The technique is powerful and simple because all you have to do is keep a diary.