Por que a recepção é o departamento mais importante na sua empresa?
Quantas vezes você visitou uma empresa e não se sentiu bem-vindo, começando pelo recepcionista da empresa? Tenho certeza de que isso aconteceu várias vezes. Em minha opinião, os primeiros 5 minutos de contato que o seu cliente tem com a empresa são os mais importantes e são o ponto de ruptura na decisão de compra. […]
Sua empresa no Reino Unido foi afetada financeiramente pelo Coronavírus (COVID-19)? Que tipo de suporte está disponível para você?
Em 11 de março e 17 de março de 2020, o Chanceler anunciou um pacote de medidas temporárias para apoiar as empresas, especialmente as pequenas e médias empresas. Segue um resumo abaixo dessas medidas: 1) Auxílio Doença (SSP): O governo permitirá que os Empregadores recuperem o Pagamento feito por ausência devido ao coronavírus. Ainda não […]
How coronavirus (COVID-19) affects small and medium-sized enterprises and how to respond
All businesspeople around the world are concerned about how the coronavirus will impact their businesses. Small and medium enterprises situated in UK are no different. I’m not a doctor and I don’t know anything about virus pandemics, but what I know for sure is that sales disruptions in any business can have bad financial consequences. […]
Important notice: New VAT Flat Rate Scheme
From April 2017, HMRC has announced significant changes for the amount of VAT that many small businesses will have to pay in UK. This will affect vast majority of businesses that use the VAT Flat Rate Scheme but spend very little on goods, including raw materials such as companies providing services to their clients. The […]
HMRC IS CLOSING THE NET ON TAX DODGERS
This HMRC advert is one of many the government has placed in public spaces. This initiative is called “HMRC is closing the net on tax dodgers”. The message is clear: ‘We are coming after you if you don’t pay your taxes’.As soon as I arrived in the cinema I went to buy myself popcorn and […]
GOVERNMENT SPENDING: WHERE DOES YOUR TAX GO?
Do you know how the government has spent your money? Do you think the UK government has spent your money in a fair and effective way? These are important questions which we should all know the answers to.In January, we received a lot of calls from our clients regarding a letter they had received from […]
Are you busy? You should close your office door
I’ve always wanted to write about this business issue. Over the last 10 years, I’ve suffered from busyness, especially as my business has grown and more and more colleagues have joined our team. In my 20s, I read a lot of business books which taught that to build a successful business, you had to find […]
How can you know when you need to stop being persistent and give up your business?
In the last 10 years, I have been asked the question “Should I still persist in my business?” a couple of thousand times. Having participated directly in the startup of many businesses, both in the UK and overseas – and indirectly, in another hundreds more around the world – my opinion is that there is […]
7 ways that playing draughts can make you a better businessperson
I learned how to play draughts when I was 7 years old and I’ve been fascinated with the game ever since. Draughts is a board game for two players. It involves diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and compulsory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. It is a strategic game – luck does not affect […]
What is VAT?
The basics of VAT Value Added Tax (VAT) is a widely used term in the business world, but a few people understand how it works or where it is applicable. In simple terms, VAT is a consumption tax levied on the sales of products or services. It is termed as an indirect tax since businesses […]
