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    Closing Limited Company

    Hi, I have a question regarding winding up my limited company and I was hoping someone could offer some quick advice. I plan to cease trading at the end of my current accounting year, wait 3 months and then wind up my company, but there will still be expenses coming out of the bank account...
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    Agreement for Lease and Rent Deed Deposit

    Thanks for your reply deniser - much appreciated. Hopefully I'll be able to drag things out a little longer. You mentioned paying the landlord's costs, but as part of the early negotiations for the property it was agreed that the landlord would pay his own solicitor's fees - are you suggesting...
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    Agreement for Lease and Rent Deed Deposit

    Hi, I was hoping someone might be able to shed some light on this. My solicitor has been arranging my first commercial lease for the past few weeks and it should be ready within a week or so, however I've not obtained planning permission to use the property for what I intend as yet (I applied...
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    Survey for a Leased Property?

    I recently put an informal offer in on my first commercial property - a 2000 sq ft office building split over two floors. It looks like it was built in the 70s but it has been brought up to a modern spec. My question is - is a survey on a 3 year lease wise? I've had quotes at £800 and £850...
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    Planning Permission for a New Business

    So you wouldn't have thought I'd get shut down by starting before planning permission has been accepted - pending the change of use? I imagined it would be a risky thing to do.
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    Planning Permission for a New Business

    Thanks for all your answers. I thought this might be the general consensus, unfortunately! I will definitely speak to my solicitor about inserting a clause that annuls the contract without planning permission. Hopefully the landlord will find this acceptable. The other question is would it be...
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    Planning Permission for a New Business

    The planning permission is only for the change of use - I'll barely be changing the building at all. There aren't any residential neighbours and noise won't be much of an issue - most of the teaching is done at speech volume (excluding drums). The landlord owns the closest building and he's...
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    Planning Permission for a New Business

    Hi, I'm about to make my first offer for my first commercial property lease and I'm wondering how best to work around the change of use I need. The property is currently B1 and I would need D1. It's for a small music school, teaching kids how to sing, play guitar, piano and drums etc. I've...
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    Business Parking Ideas

    Bit of an odd question but I thought somebody here might have some good advice... I run a small music management business (mostly from home) that's grown to the point of needing a dedicated office, as well as a rehearsal space and recording studio. Unfortunately, I can't find a building that...
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    Automating The Follow-Up Process

    I'd like to extend my follow-up process so that when an enquiry comes in through my website I can automatically follow-up with 4 or 5 emails spread over a month. Currently I use excel to keep track of enquiries and enter dates into the spreadsheet for when I need to follow up, and then do it...
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    Underpaying Personal Allowance

    Thanks again for your help. I'm declaring £200 below the secondary rate, but hopefully I'm safe to assume that's the reason it's been done.
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    Underpaying Personal Allowance

    Thanks for your reply, that makes sense. Although from what I understand class 1 NIC begins at £7592 for the 2012-2013 period - I'm still shy of that by over £300. I just found it strange as I haven't heard of anybody else doing the same thing.
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    Underpaying Personal Allowance

    Hi, I've been browsing this forum since before I started my business - it's fantastic! I finally wanted to post a quick question: I'm the sole director of a small limited company, I expect to pay around £2k in tax for 2012-2013 and my accountant has advised me (the same as last year) to declare...
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