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    Recommendations for reviewers of Business Rates

    I have used Altus before. They take 30 % of the savings i think. But it was worth it still. There are others who do what Altus do also.
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    Should I sell my profitable company?

    I literally met 2 recently who would be good at this - from RSM and Mazars.
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    Customer wants a contract - I don't have one!

    What everyone says! Think of each sale like a mini contract, and write it out - essentially your Ts and Cs. How are orders made / received/ acknowledged? When is payment due? How should payments be made? What are the consequences for not paying on full in time? What happens in the variations...
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    Should I sell my profitable company?

    Lots in interesting suggestions. I suggest: look at the accounting firms in the 5-12 positions (ignore the top 4!) In those firms - find the person: - in a city near you - who works in an 'advisory' role - who looks after 'mergers and aquisitions' Go see them for a coffee! They will help...
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    What's the best commercial coffee machine in Uk

    Depends what you want. If you want a Costa style machine - which I think of as being the most commercial, I think Gaggia are consistently good. But depends if its for bean to cup, with or without milk, how many cups per day etc etc. A high end Franke machine with a fridge will cost upwards of...
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    Submitting VAT refurns

    Shout (somehow) if you'd like me to actually show it to you!!
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    Bank account on hold as frauster made a payment

    My concern was - you'd pay him £20k, one way or another, then he'd claim the first payment was erroneous /fraudulent /hacked - and get the first £20k taken off you. Just a passing thought!
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    Submitting VAT refurns

    I use vitaltax. It's an add on to excel. It's not free but only costs about 20 per year I think. I've used it for the past couple of years. It was recommended to me by my accountant - and seems to work fine. I link it to cells on the excel version of my bank statement- which calculate quarterly...
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    Employed, self employed and vat registered

    Hi Jason I think that you would simply need to: 1) Keep your payslips from your own company (if you receive any) and / or dividends. 2) HMRC / your accountant would be most happy if you did personal tax returns - even if you didn't need to (i.e. voluntarily) - this would keep HMRC happy. Do...
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    Running a business from a rented residential home

    Depends on your house / space and the road. I ran a business from a house which rarely, but did include palletised deliveries. In this case - was owned etc etc - but the biggest 'wins' on allowing this were (1) being on a busy road (i.e. good access, lots of traffic, lots of buses and lorries)...
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    New Business Idea - Thoughts Needed Please!

    Another area which is entirely 'grey' - yet you could provide (chargeable :)) value is getting people off the ground with online advertising. I think Facebook / Tiktok / Google ppc are underutilised, misunderstood, and potentially important avenues to go down. What people lack is (1) confidence...
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    New Business Idea - Thoughts Needed Please!

    Lots of interesting points and feedback! I've scanned through it all - so don't think this has been said already. 2 things really: I think a webpage getting people 'off on the right foot' might be interesting. There is something in online marketing about 'giving away the good stuff;' to raise...
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