Many businesses require management accounts to measure and improve company performance. With this pro-active approach we try and add value in order to help you develop your business. Here are a few examples of what each business owner should ask themselves:-
There are two elements in what I’m titling the “showcase” section of LinkedIn
The first part is the Summary.
Your summary is a great space to introduce promotions and any exciting projects you have to offer to potential clients. Since LinkedIn includes summaries in their searches, it’s important to make sure you have the right keywords for your industry.
This Lent season (5 March- 17 April 2014) James, Stanley & Co Ltd. will be fundraising for Type One Mission Ltd, a charitable organisation raising funds for diabetes research.
Your headline, much like you headshot, is the first thing people are going to see when you're being searched and so, it deserves the right amount of attention.
LinkedIn will automatically make your most current or present job as your headline. It’s important to make your own unique headline when creating your profile as it provides an opportunity to establish your industry, value, and other specific keywords needed so that the right people find you.
Your LinkedIn photo is essential to a completed profile. This will give people a face to a name, making you appear more personable and professional.
Since this is the first time a contact or future client will see you, you want to provide the best first impression as possible.
LinkedIn is a professional networking website; its purpose is for professionals to connect and recommend people. Essentially, it provides an easier platform to keep up with your contacts, instead of shuffling through a pile of business cards, you can use your keyboard. LinkedIn is also a great place to meet other professionals in your industry; joining groups or being introduced to contacts by people in your immediate circle are just two of the many options available to reach out and build a stronger network.
Twitterverse Explained
Twitter is a fantastic social media platform for microblogging (very small posts) and real time communication (very fast posts). It forces users to be concise and utilise elements like shortened URLs and hashtags with its 140 character cap.
The team at James, Stanley & Co Ltd, through our association with AVN, appreciate the power behind learning about business and the tools for success. We recognise that our clients’ businesses will become more successful if some of the region’s leading entrepreneurs give up their time to help them drive their business forward.
Tony Dobinson, managing director of Telephone Europe Limited has just called us to say that his company has just received an email claiming to be from Intuit informing him that he was in arrears with his Quickbooks subscriptions.
This email is spam and has viruses attached – if you receive a similar email we advise you not to open it.
The government has announced that from April 2015 married couples and civil partners may be eligible for a new Transferrable Tax Allowance. This Allowance will enable spouses and civil partners to transfer a fixed amount of their personal allowance to their partner.
It's that time of year again! Are you planning your company's annual Christmas party? Wondering where to host it and what should be featured at the bar and on the menu? You may have a limit/budget of what to spend but have you ever thought you could end up paying more in tax?
Each month I take a day out of the office to consider the strategic development of the firm. By doing so, we’ve become an AVN member, incorporated the business, formed a limited liability partnership and increased our marketing activities.
From the end of September H.M. Revenue & Customs will no longer accept Form R68i for making gift aid claims, instead a new system has been introduced which will allow tax claims to be made in one of three ways: -
In our seminars, we introduce LinkedIn by talking about its various features our clients can use to promote their businesses by making relevant connections and networking. These features are provided by LinkedIn for free when you create a basic account. From a marketer’s point of view, this is a bargain. The ability to network freely with people from different industries, countries and backgrounds is a huge advantage for businesses. The free exchange of information is almost equivalent to a seminar but the conversation with prospects could also be as easy as a ‘chat by the coffee machine’ with your colleague.
Inheritance tax is something people often put to the back of their minds as they find it unpalatable to consider or plan for. As it is a tax which often crystallises on death we tend to ignore it for as long as possible. It is however a tax which, with the right planning, can be to varying degrees avoided.
Your business is probably the single most important financial asset to you and is likely to produce a high percentage of your income and financial requirements. It is therefore extremely important that it is running in the best way possible, both from a practical and legal perspective.
Too early to prepare for your 2012/13 tax return?
Not at all!
Forwarding all relevant information to your accountants now will make the filing process easier for both you and your accountant!
In the last couple of years we have seen several of our clients say goodbye to traditional accounting software and move across to software which is held in the cloud. Whilst cloud accounting allows users to access their data here and now from anywhere in the world, our clients find that the major benefit lies in the interaction with us as their accountants.
These are hoaxes and you should not respond to them. HMRC never email tax payers about their tax affairs.
