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    Start up capital?

    Being a student you may want to be a ghost blog writer. We have a client that writes and sources blogs (guest blogs) for clients. Some companies tend not to have time to do it themselves. Depending on what you are studying, you may start off specialising it that subject? Only a thought and...
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    Paying cash in hand

    Firstly you need to establish if he is an employee in the eyes of HMRC (HMRC do have a questionnaire on their website for you to do that -good idea to keep a copy). Once that is established and assuming he is an employee you don't necessarily need to run a payroll for him if he meets certain...
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    Book keeping costs

    Yes the rates I quoted were for sub contractors and not an employee. I should have clarified that....Oops
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    Book keeping costs

    Not sure about South Wales but in London, we pay £18-£25 per hour. I must say that we do find it difficult to get really good book keepers and the once that are good, we keep and reward them. Not sure if that help as its in London, but hopefully it will give you an idea.
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    Cheap Trademarks

    Marketing is always a good thing. but to disguise it as a need for help is somewhat unethical. In my view you have misrepresented the board with your intentions. There are people on here that are geniunely helpful and go out of their way to help people. Just my view though. I am sure your...
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    Cheap Trademarks

    verymark, well done for identifying a rough on the forum.....as i always say...what comes arround goes arround. With such bad tactics, I am sure the companies credability has gone down a notch.
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    Telesales Recording convesations

    I am still not very clear if clod calling telephone recording is legal without having to notify the person you are calling. The guidance says that businesses don't have to under various situations and these are: to provide evidence of a business...
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    Telesales Recording convesations

    Thanks for the referrences, I will take a look at them. If I was cold calling them, it would be very akward to say that we are recording this call at the begining of the call. I don't suppose that would go down well with prospects.
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    Telesales Recording convesations

    I am about to start a telesales campaign and want to record the conversations so that I can play it back and learn on improving my telesales technique. Does anyone know if I have to tell people that the conversation is being recorded for training purposes before I go into the introduction...
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    Telesales: Recording conversations

    I am about to start a telesales campaign and want to record the conversations so that I can play it back and learn on improving my telesales technique. Does anyone know if I have to tell people that the conversation is being recorded for training purposes before I go into the introduction of...
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    DIY Telesales

    Thanks so much for the feedback. I will get the list of new businesses from thompson and will try it out. I guess the only thing that can happen is I get someone who slams the phone down or i get a "No". Better to try than to no try. Also I wanted to find out what you thought if an accountant...
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    DIY Telesales

    I am an accountant with a small practice. I am struggling to get new business. In the past I have used telesales and that has worked really well. However, the costs of appointments have increased significantly from arround £50 per appointment to £100 per appointment and I recently enquired and...
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    Accountant fees for Annual Return

    £90 is cheap. We would normally charge £150 to file dormant accounts and £50 to file annual return. As stated above, there is alot that goes on that you won't be aware of. Count
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