Monthly Archives: May 2017

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IR35: NHS U-turn over blanket IR35 decisions for contractors

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Leading contractor tax adviser, Qdos Contractor has welcomed news today that The NHS has revised its decision to place all locum and contractor staff inside IR35. In ‘Working through intermediaries: IR35 update’, released today (30/05/2017) The NHS reveals they had ‘anticipated that providers would need to ensure that all locum, agency and bank staff were
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Everyday tips to increase your productivity at work

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Time is money, and when you run your own business or work for a start-up, every minute counts. The internet is a minefield of distractions, so here are some tips to improve your productivity: Get up early As they say, “the early bird gets the worm.” When you get up earlier than you have to,
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Extreme sports and business success go hand in hand

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A new survey of business people from different industry sectors and pay grades suggests a strong link between risk taking and business success. The research, commissioned by telephone answering service, Moneypenny, shows that 50 per cent of senior executives and those in upper management and 48 per cent of self-employed have participated in extreme sports, compared with
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Late payments crisis will not be solved by new payment practice laws

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The vast majority (74 per cent) of SMEs do not think new guidelines, forcing large businesses to detail how they pay smaller suppliers, will have an impact on late payments, according to new findings from Crossflow Payments, the supply chain finance platform. Just 17 per cent of the decision makers from the 5.4 million British SMEs think
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Why protecting the reputation of your business is important

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is urging the UK’s 5.5 million smaller businesses and the self-employed to put in place expert crisis PR management tools following BA’s ‘PR nightmare’ that damaged their reputation this weekend. Almost no smaller businesses have access to professional PR advice, despite loss of reputation now being one of the
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UK businesses looking for finance are finding it harder to get a loan

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With the UK in the early stages of Brexit and now facing a General Election, new research conducted by RateSetter Business Finance reveals how credit conditions look to be tightening again, with over 400,000 small businesses now interested in finding an alternative to the banks for a loan. When asked, 32 per cent of SMEs that
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