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Who is right, and who is running things?

Oct 13, ’06 10:42 AM

My post today is one that is close to home, and also follows on from the theme of running a small business here in the UK. This is a news item that has probably gone unnoticed by many, unless you happen to be one of the 26 staff members of Bowland Dairy. Bowland Dairy is…

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The world has gone mad

Oct 2, ’06 5:40 PM

I had to post this. Stuart over in the beautiful Lake District is finding it hard to get his best friend Bart a credit card with MBNA. Now you should know, that MBNA wrote to Stuart’s best friend offering him a credit card, but as Bart is Stuart’s dog it was necessary for Stuart to…

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Staff advert …

Sep 27, ’06 6:44 PM

Dennis over at AccMan has put an interesting twist on a job advertisement. The job advert is for accountancy firm Goodman Jones, who unfortunately use one of WinWeb’s competitors Twinfield, never mind you can’t always get it right (only kidding David, we all know it’s a nice product). Dennis has rewritten, and in my opinion,…

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Accounts in real-time

Sep 27, ’06 10:49 AM

An interesting article in AccountancyAge the other day about Warren Tayler, the chairman of AIM-listed direct marketing group, Themutual.net, he has blasted the accountancy profession. In a letter he wrote to the FT he said the group’s auditors had trebled the fee without explaining why. He goes on to say that ‘while many businesses are…

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In keeping with the theme of employing staff

Sep 26, ’06 3:34 PM

We all now know that from 1 October the National Minimum Wage ‘NMW’ is going up, so I thought I would share with you the top ten most commonly used reasons employers give for not paying the National Minimum Wage when caught by HM Revenue & Customs: 10. I only took him on as a…

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1st October 2006, what a day!

Sep 26, ’06 3:19 PM

Soon October will be upon us, and with it some important changes for those of you who employ staff. I know recent postings have mentioned employing staff, well here are a few more things to be aware of from 1st October 2006: National minimum wage increases Changes in statutory maternity and adoption leave New age…

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Good customer service, not as we know it

Sep 20, ’06 3:16 PM

I took my Honda car to a local dealer in Southport on Friday for its annual service. I phoned them well in advance and booked it in and at that same time went through with this firms representative what service was required. I explained the car was not my main car and therefore had limit…

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Keeping with the theme of what next

Sep 14, ’06 9:20 PM

My recent posting what next marked the end of my bite sized start up guides which means it’s now time to move your business ideas forward, and in this vain for all those budding Jamie Oliver’s out there here is a great site to help you find the restaurant of your dreams, go have a…

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Barriers to growth

Sep 11, ’06 6:47 PM

Martin Rushton made a comment on an earlier blog that if you are going to run a small business here in the UK then ‘Don’t employ anybody else’. It may seem like Martin was having a bad day, but he has a very valid point concerning the ‘red tape’ and ‘regulation’ that comes with the…

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Why start a business

Sep 8, ’06 6:25 PM

As you know for the last 3 months my postings have concentrated on giving some bite sized guidance to those thinking about going it alone. I hope I have at least given some assistance to a small number of you who found yourself reading the blog and thinking should I or shouldn’t I? A recent…

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