From managing unexpected bills to how best to handle getting a raise at work, getting to grips with your money is key to financial security. A person’s financial picture is rarely smooth for long and having knowledge of how the basics work this Financial Awareness Day on August 14 canContinue Reading
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Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three UK warehouses and has said it “cannot give guarantees” on the future of its high street shops, citing a “difficult economic climate”. The charity said it has no plans to close either warehouses or shops. But insiders fear the Batley site inContinue Reading
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
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The FTSE 100 shrugged off early falls to close higher on Wednesday after the USContinue Reading
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