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    Checking Employee Tax Code

    I do not personally manage PAYE. We outsource this. However, I was asked by someone if an employer can check an employees tax code online. I was interested to know for my own knowledge as I cannot see an answer online.
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    Correcting the record at Companies House

    Really easy - Send a replacement/correct document with a resolution to Companies House. https://www.simpleformations.com/free-document-downloads.htm - Download the free resolution at that link. You do not need to pay anyone for this.
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    issue with UKBF

    Another issue. I login, navigate through site, only to find I have been logged out. This keeps happening.
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    Christmas Cards

    It depends on your customers, expectations within your industry and personal opinions. We do not send cards to customers and I personally have no problem with businesses letting me know that they have donated money to charity. Whether you feel a donation should be totally selfless and not...
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    Can you 'secure' your business phone number?

    Thanks for the replies. We are updating our Recovery Plan and thought it worth while drilling a little deeper into telecoms recovery. Potential dangers if you choose a tinpot service I guess. Otherwise you should be OK.
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    Links in sig from this site any good for SEO

    For SEO, probably not a lot, but you can research dofollow v nofollow links and getting a balance. For getting business from members. That depends on how good your advice is on your field of expertise and your overall contribution to the forum. Fisicx puts a lot of effort into this forum and...
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    Plastic money envelopes

    Can you find any tyvek ones?
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    Ethical Business Accounts

    We use several bank accounts (savings with interest, cheap cheques deposit, general banking, etc.) and Co-op is one of them. The main reason for using Co-op is for the international bank transfers from customers. NatWest ramped their monthly fees and transfer receipt fees up and it was costing a...
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    Can you 'secure' your business phone number?

    Hopefully this question is as obvious as it sounds. You get issued with business phone numbers by a service provider or you select one that you prefer. Ultimately you do not 'own' the number. Good service providers go bad, some go bust, some make 'porting' a number easy, some do not. How much...
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    Naming your business question

    We speak to many customers that overthink or worry about their official registered name. Many business use trading styles that are different to their official name. Yes your registered name is important but its not only trading name you must use. Using your example Total Windows. What if you...
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    A reality check

    Its a very competitive market. Type business cards into Google. Everything from Free, £3, £4, £5 etc. Vista Print are very aggressive in their marketing. How will you differentiate? How will you compete? As said above where will your website traffic come from? Do you even have a website...
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    Resizing a logo

    What Paul said. Failing that go to one of the websites where people will fix these things for £5 or $5. Your time is better spent on other things.
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    Do I have to let HMRC know I've shortened my accounting period?

    Glad you managed to submit it OK. Now don't forget to file those accounts very soon. :)
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    Holding Company

    I suggest you look into trademark registration. You cannot just register 123bob. You have to define the 'mark' or brand itself not just the name and select a class to register this in. On a related matter people cannot simply pass themselves off as your business.
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    Looking for a reliable VPS host

    We use several different hosts. Give NuBlue a call. Always found their support to be good and had no hosting issues.
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