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    R&D tax credit

    We applied for this and received enough of a tax credit to offset our corporation tax and it most definitely was not for an advance in technology. The company you use if they are good will help you with the wording of the claim to increase your chances of success.
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    Investment ideas

    Thanks for the advice. What is the best way to invest in gold? Through the stock market by buying shares in gold companies or actually buying gold? Never heard of coins of the realm. i'll look into it a little bit more as you've piqued my interest!!
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    Investment ideas

    Yes, i've been thinking about doing that. If the BTL i currently have works out they way i hope it's going to it's going to give me much more than any pension i'm paying into. Thanks for the advice.
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    Investment ideas

    Thanks for all the replies. Much appreciated. I've been considering land however I'm not sure how i would make money from it. Would it be selling it for development or building on it? Regarding gold and silver, would it be investing in gold, silver, lithium mining companies? Again, TIA.
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    Investment ideas

    Hi I would like to start investing some of my monthly disposable income to enable me to generate a reasonable capital sum in 10 years time. What would be the best vehicle to do this. I already have a BTL property and pension but would like to find out if there is any other way or are these...
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    Reason for leaving current role

    Yes, that was the plan however it was more if they asked me to go into more detail. I'm not keen on going into detail re the exact reasons.
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    Reason for leaving current role

    Hello I was in my previous job for over a decade and decided to leave as i needed a change. I've been in my current job for 4 months but have decided to leave because it's just not the right working culture for me. I'm going to start applying for new jobs soon but my question is what reason...
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    Refund Protection policy

    Thanks for that, i'll have a look at those.
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    Refund Protection policy

    Hi All, The company i work for is in the process of arranging a ticket refund protection policy with a provider to cover our customers if they cannot attend an event for which we have sold a ticket to. Is there any main clauses, T&C's we should be looking for on a general level before signing...
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    New employee coming into struggling business

    I am leaving my current employer in a few weeks as the finance manager. My replacement is shadowing me for a few hours this week. The business is having critical cashflow issues. The person coming in is leaving a stable business after after a long career there and will be dropped into a...
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    Concerns about colleagues performance

    I'm sure there's plenty of e's jezza
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    Concerns about colleagues performance

    Ha ha, good old Jeremy hawk my friend, i wondered when you would turn up, a thread is never complete without a business insight from UK business forums premier troll
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    Concerns about colleagues performance

    I mean he cannot perform his role adequately to ensure the success of his operational department. Not sure how I can tread carefully, either I raise my concerns or don't. There are numerous reasons for my concerns, as an officer of the company is it not my duty to do this?
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    Concerns about colleagues performance

    Myself and another senior manager have concerns about the performance and ability of another senior manager to fulfil his duties. He haS responsibility for an area of the business that had the largest impact on the success of the business and we feel be is not up to the task. We want to speak...
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    Cost of sales too high

    Should have been more clear. We have employees working on construction sites and over the last 6 months or so the value of work generated by their activities has not been high enough to generate profit. I suspect it's because of covid etc. We need to start analysing this so we can take some...