Recent content by Helen Williams

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    Sale of business and vehicles

    We have received an offer for our business sale which we are currently considering. I am Company Secretary and have a Nissan Navara of which I am registered keeper. The Navara was purchased through the business and has no outstanding finance on it. My husband is Director and we wish to retain...
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    Return to work

    Thank you all for taking the time to respond. We would not be adding new people because of the flexibility, we would be avoiding a total furlough again by carrying out the work we have available to us, as and when we could. Covid has had such a huge affect of our industry, and as our work is...
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    Return to work

    I have studied HMRC guidance regarding part-time return to work under the furlough scheme. Is anyone able to clarify a point for me please? "The scheme will close to new entrants from 30 June. From this point onwards, employers will only be able to furlough employees that they have...
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    Login issues with Constructionline & Acclaim

    Is anyone else having a problem logging on and updating their information on Constructionline?
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    Bank Recommendations

    Could anyone recommend a bank with fair charges for a very small Limited business. We have been with our current bankers over 20 years, but feeling the need for a change. Thank you for any information provided.
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    GDPR Concern

    I am finding these posts extremely useful, thank you all. We operate a roofing business, we have a website with a contact form on it and we use Sage One for processing our books i.e. invoicing and wages. We also hold paper copies of guarantees for the period of the guarantee (up to 25 years)...
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    Credit Checking Agencies

    Can anyone recommend a good credit checking agency where we can do single reports on a pay as you go basis? We are a micro construction business and unfortunately we were taken for a large sum last year after Final Demand had given us bad advice about the main contractors financial status...
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    Enforcing a Court Judgement

    Thank you for all your replies. I have applied to the Court for enforcement so we shall see what happens. Its a new area for our business. We have always been very selective who we do business with, but this company have snared many more businesses who have suffered losses due to liquidation...
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    Enforcing a Court Judgement

    Hello. Last year we "employed" a debt collection agency for services which were sold to us by tele marketing to collect a debt from a company which had gone into liquidation. We requested our fees back upon realising it was a scam, but, to cut a long story short, had to go the the County Court...
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    Constructionline

    Is anyone having any issues with updating their profile since the updating of Constructionline last year? In particular submitting their Acclaim renewal application. Ours is locked in the system and, despite numerous emails, letters and telephone calls no one at Constructionline can remedy the...
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    Infringement of Trade Mark

    Good morning all Our Company owns a registered trade mark for a roof waterproofing system. The roofing system is currently on the market to sell, however, we are getting confusing feedback as another company has a very similar waterproofing system (using very similar materials) on the market...
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    Infringement of Trademark

    Good morning all Our Company owns a registered trade mark for a roof waterproofing system. The roofing system is currently on the market to sell, however, we are getting confusing feedback as another company has a very similar waterproofing system (using very similar materials) on the market...