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2012 maternity pay rates

16-05-2012 at 7:52  by Katie White
Beyond the babygrows and infinite supply of nappies seemingly necessary when starting a family, there’s the financially terrifying prospect of maternity leave slashing the household income Some ...

Online trial software is often unfair

15-05-2012 at 8:11  by Graham Jones
Wherever you look online these days you can find trials of all kinds of software and services. Most of the trials provide you with full access to the program for 30 days or so and then degrade the ...

Make things up to truly engage your online visitors

11-05-2012 at 8:15  by Graham Jones
Once upon a time there was a website visitor who started reading a blog post about making things up. The reader sat in his office surround by books and files gripped by the words scrolling past his ...

Business Tax Dashboard

11-05-2012 at 7:56  by Cathy Corns
HMRC now offers a Tax Dashboard – an online service for small businesses to see how much they have paid and how much they still owe. The online service is aimed at smaller businesses that have ...

Finding the right finance

10-05-2012 at 8:21  by Rebecca Bendle
Our commercial department were challenged recently by a business to find a finance package for them. They were looking to expand their hotel business and had outgrown the leasehold premises they had ...

Social businesses make more money

10-05-2012 at 7:42  by Graham Jones
Forgive me, but every time I see a blog post like this one saying that social media helps your business I let out a very loud “OMG”. Almost everywhere you look online these days there is some ...

Take the strain out of financing your business

09-05-2012 at 8:52  by Jeff Lenihan
Does your business need finance or are you considering a refinance package? Probably for many people, the answer is 'yes' to one or the other. Finance, whether it's for starting up or to fund ...

Point people to the right place on your web page

09-05-2012 at 8:24  by Graham Jones
Newspaper and magazine designers have known about this “trick” for years, yet websites often do not use it. The “trick” is to force your readers to certain parts of a page by using directional ...

European Commission challenges the UK again

09-05-2012 at 7:49  by Cathy Corns
The EC has asked the UK to amend the law that levies an ‘exit tax’ on companies. The current law results in immediate taxation of unrealised capital gains in respect of certain assets when the ...

Switch off email for a happier life

08-05-2012 at 7:58  by Graham Jones
Bing-bong – here comes another email. Most people have constant reminders that email has arrived. Whether it is the familiar bing-bing sound, the little pop-up alerts at the bottom of your computer ...