Welcome to UK Business Forums, the UK's biggest community for small business owners. At UKBF, we know that running a business can be liberating, but we also know it can be stressful, lonely and confusing. Find practical business advice, camaraderie and real community on UK Business Forums. Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:13:10 +0000 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:13:10 +0000 UK Business Forums http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 20:04:17 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/engaging-with-cease-and-desist-sender.400979/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/engaging-with-cease-and-desist-sender.400979/ invalid@example.com (Maggie1212) Maggie1212 I own a political satire store and received a cease and desist letter for a product that is not on sale. It's an original artwork depicting a deceased rock star.
The thing is that it's a hidden page on the website. I'm surprised it even showed up in search results. It was not my intention to have the product on sale.

Long story short they are asking for £6K + £500 per day. Totally unreasonable imo.

Here's my question. Knowing that most of these copyright infringement cases go...

Engaging with cease and desist sender]]> 14 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:48:52 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/marketing-strategy-question-on.400943/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/marketing-strategy-question-on.400943/ invalid@example.com (richard256) richard256 4 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:47:50 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/seperating-expenses.400995/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/seperating-expenses.400995/ invalid@example.com (dessoletrader) dessoletrader I just need a little guidance to ensure I am keeping my records correctly.
What is classed as stock expense regarding end of year tax return. Can delivery cost, import & vat cost and bank fees be put in expense catergories similar to stationery etc for the tax year they are paid for instead of spreading these costs across the stock?
ie I could buy 100 items at £5 each but including del, import, vat etc, the true total...

Seperating Expenses]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:39:36 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/trademark-issue-help-needed.400991/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/trademark-issue-help-needed.400991/ invalid@example.com (terry54661) terry54661
I own a company and registered a trademark in the same name 5 years ago. I have now found another new company that has set up selling the same products as me. The new company has simply reversed my company name "Trademark" and started trading and this is causing a conflict because if I search for there name I appear and vice-versa!

Can anyone give me an idea of what to do next! I have contacted the company and they refuse to answer so im a little stuck!

I can't post my company...

Trademark Issue Help Needed]]> 2 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:33:26 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/best-free-security-plugin-for-wordpress-website.400990/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/best-free-security-plugin-for-wordpress-website.400990/ invalid@example.com (Onthebrightside) Onthebrightside
Grateful if anyone can recommend the best security plug in for a Wordpress Website. Hosting UK comes with JetPack, but would something like Wordfence be better. Grateful for any advice from anyone in regard to this.

Regards,]]> 1 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:29:20 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/quickbooks-and-coorporation-tax.400994/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/quickbooks-and-coorporation-tax.400994/ invalid@example.com (JoeCM2) JoeCM2
Quickbooks wont offer any support for coorporation tax]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:13:17 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/quickbooks-overpayed-salary-employee.400993/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/quickbooks-overpayed-salary-employee.400993/ invalid@example.com (SY1Protein) SY1Protein
A new person joined my team on the 16th of Sept. Salaried. I ran payroll and was so busy sorting other issues out with hours I didn't notice that it has paid the employee their full month's salary.

How would I work out a manual deduction next month? I thought about gross/30*14 days or is is net/30*14 days.

Cheers]]> Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:04:13 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/trading-standards-powers-nda.400988/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/trading-standards-powers-nda.400988/ invalid@example.com (stevetuk) stevetuk
1. Are visits procedural (e.g. like regular EHO visits) or are they only based on a complaint?
2. Based on 1) being based on a complaint: if a complaint has been made do I have a legal right...

Trading Standards powers // NDA]]> 2 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:52:20 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/stack-exchange-startup-business-site.400989/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/stack-exchange-startup-business-site.400989/ invalid@example.com (daniil2019) daniil2019 4 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:47:32 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/soft-privacy-notice.400992/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/soft-privacy-notice.400992/ invalid@example.com (MBE2017) MBE2017 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:30:31 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/vat-and-a-running-club.400985/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/vat-and-a-running-club.400985/ invalid@example.com (Sheltonian) Sheltonian
I'm a member of a non-VAT registered running club which has recently starting using an online sports clothing retailer to handle kit sales to our members. We buy the kit initially (eg £10 + £2 VAT = £12) from the company. They keep it in stock and then sell online to our members. Our members might pay £13 including £1.16 VAT).

The company has sent us a summary of last month's sales and instead of paying us the full £13 sales price, is keeping the £1.16 VAT to be sent to HMRC....

VAT and a running club...]]> 8 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:55:02 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/what-does-mama-bear-do-after-man-saves-her-drowning-cubs.400977/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/what-does-mama-bear-do-after-man-saves-her-drowning-cubs.400977/ invalid@example.com (UKSBD) UKSBD
If anyone knows what I am talking about, and has clicked it, what did mama bear do?]]> 4 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:47:45 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/spongebob-dla.400158/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/spongebob-dla.400158/ invalid@example.com (redsjd) redsjd
I’m hoping for some advice on the best approach for my situation.

I have been operating a Ltd company since 2016 as an IT consultant, and have always kept on top of my taxes. However, due to challenging family circumstances and early termination of my contract, I’m faced with a mountain of commitments and no ability to pay.

I’ve just received the draft statutory accounts from my accountant for the period to 30/6/2019 which shows Corporate Tax of £23k owing. This includes s455 tax of...

Spongebob & DLA]]> 20 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:06:40 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/what-do-you-think-what-does-success-mean-to-you.400981/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/what-do-you-think-what-does-success-mean-to-you.400981/ invalid@example.com (Maverick Williams) Maverick Williams
Paytm, the biggest payment gateway service in India, was founded by a youngster who is now a multi-billionaire.

Byju’s online education app was started by a teacher who is now one of the youngest successful entrepreneurs in India.

MI, which started out as just another phone seller in India, is now the country’s biggest smartphone brand.

SAG IPL, which was founded by a...

. What do you think? What does success mean to you?]]> 7 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/website-owner-seems-to-be-ignoring-my-remove-request.400974/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/website-owner-seems-to-be-ignoring-my-remove-request.400974/ invalid@example.com (jasonc310771) jasonc310771
cheers]]> 11 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:11:08 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/cherryblue-new-website-review.400958/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/cherryblue-new-website-review.400958/ invalid@example.com (C.B UK) C.B UK

www.cherryblueuk.co.uk


Thank you


Kind regards

Cherry Blue ]]> 10 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/internet-telephones.400987/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/internet-telephones.400987/ invalid@example.com (Pet Nanny) Pet Nanny
Internet telephones]]> 1 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:05:31 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/political-correctness-gone-mad.400923/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/political-correctness-gone-mad.400923/ invalid@example.com (MBE2017) MBE2017 5 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:29:13 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/buggery-cold-email-campaign-gone-wrong.400969/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/buggery-cold-email-campaign-gone-wrong.400969/ invalid@example.com (billybob99) billybob99
I'll admit I copied a script more or less word for word.

I won't paste the script but it ends a bit like this - "I'd love to grab a few minutes of your time to walk you through the benefits of XXXX. Do you have some free time next week?

Today I've had 7 replies with times and dates.

The problem is I have no idea how to explain the benefits over the phone. My phoneisms are atrocious.

This is in the B2B space. For example...

Buggery - cold email campaign gone wrong]]> 6 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/director-removed-without-consent.400983/ http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/threads/director-removed-without-consent.400983/ invalid@example.com (Ex director) Ex director 4