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TOSS, the plant-based dressing brand founded by sisters Grace and Sophie Devlin, has completed a £660,500 funding round, bringing in venture capital, angel syndicates and a number of food and drink founders as investors. Backers include SFC Capital, the early-stage investor; FIGR, the family office behind olive oil brand CitizensContinue Reading

It is half past four on the last Friday of the month, and in the back office of a kitchen fittings supplier in Leeds the office manager is doing what she does every month. She exports the sales ledger from the accounts package. She downloads a takings summary from theContinue Reading

Almost as soon as your products or services set foot on EU soil, you should apply for a VAT status and pay VAT in Europe. You generally still have to pay or file VAT in your home country for any sales made to domestic customers, but you don´t need toContinue Reading

A new business can look established from its first day, even when it has only recently started trading. Customers rarely know how long a company has existed when they first discover it, so they judge what they can see. Presentation, communication, reliability, and consistency shape that first impression. Looking establishedContinue Reading

Starting a business in the UK used to mean choosing an office address before choosing anything else, largely because a proper phone number depended on it. That’s no longer true. A UK virtual number lets an entrepreneur present a genuine local presence to customers, suppliers, and partners without a physicalContinue Reading