Tuesday, November 23

Small firms warned ahead of VAT hike

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INSOLVENCY practitioners have warned that the impending VAT hike will be
one of the biggest obstacles facing small businesses next year as it
emerged that many companies have yet to plan their strategy for the 2.5pc
increase, which comes into force in January.

Read more here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/8133970/Small-businesses-warned-ahead-of-VAT-hike.html?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4ce133a93b40a5e4,0

Row over ID theft insurance

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Bank customers have complained they are being signed up for ID theft
protection insurance that they do not want. Customers of banks including
Santander, Barclaycard and NatWest/RBS say it happens when they phone to
activate a new credit or debit card.

Read more here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11747016

Every cloud . . . Recession boosts UK entrepreneurs

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The number of new start-ups in the UK has more than doubled since 2005. Proof that necessity is the mother of invention?

Read more here
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1028880/every-cloud-recession-boosts-uk-entrepreneurs/

How to stay competitive

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Most businesses come into being because an entrepreneur has identified a niche in the marketplace. But your very presence invites competition, and before long you find yourself in a tightening market with competitors, large and small, snapping at your heels. How do you stay ahead of them?

Read more here
http://www.eaassociates.co.uk/content/business/business-finance/staying-competitive/how-to-stay-competitive.html?u=40c38F45&m=7695

Angels, Dragons & Vultures: How to tame your investors... and not lose your company

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With a title that sounds like a Dan Brown novel, it's only right that Simon Acland here seeks to burst a few myths. Despite – or maybe because of – his successful career in venture capital.

Read more here http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/10_November/books-angels-dragons-vultures_64_03.html

Remunerating for profitability

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To ensure that wages and salaries are a profit-centre, not a cost-centre, for your business, it helps to tie them into profitability. Here are some ways you can do this.

Read more here
http://www.eaassociates.co.uk/content/business/business-finance/improving-profitability/remunerating-for-profitability.html?u=40c38F45&m=7695

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