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Should you register as a sole trader or a limited company?
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One of the most important decisions you’ll have to contend with is the structure and legal status your business will use moving forward: will you operate as a sole trader or as a limited company? The structure you choose can have an impact on almost every aspect of your business, including how much tax you
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Sole traders and VAT
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Sole trader to limited company: Making the change
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Successful new entrepreneurs with the ambition to grow their business are often encouraged to go from sole trader to limited company. This is precisely what happened with Sleep & Beyond, a soft furnishings retailer in Greater Manchester. After running the company as a sole trader under the name Style Of Fabrics Manchester for many years,
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Digitising options for trade professionals
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These are the people responsible for fixing our broken pipes so we no longer have water spewing everywhere, ruining all of our prized possessions and age-old family heirlooms. They’re also the people who expertly rewire our kitchen so we can safely plug all of our appliances in. However, just because trades professionals make a living
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Business structure: Should I choose sole trader or limited company?
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
One key benefit to operating through a limited company, is limited liability. As a sole trader, if you or a customer has an accident or loses money, you can become personally liable. A company is a legal entity in its own right so it is liable for its own claims. On the flip side however,
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Small businesses need more support to employ rather than contract
by Adam Tavener • • 0 Comments
Last week’s news that many self-employed people are (relatively) worse off than they were 20 years ago isn’t any great surprise. The soaring figures of those in self-employment over the last five years (around an extra two million, taking us to just under five million) give us some useful clues about what is happening. For many
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What is a sole trader? A small business guide
by Ben Lobel • • 0 Comments
Setting up in business is a great new chapter in anyone’s life. As well as the exciting stuff like naming your business and finding new customers, you also need to make sure you stay on the right side of the taxman and the law, and part of this is picking the right structure for your
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Sole Trader of the Year: Gemma Lawton-Bryant interview
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Twenty-one year old Gemma Lawton-Bryant of GLB Graphics won the Sole Trader of the Year award at the 2016 British Small Business Awards. GLB Graphics is a bespoke, personalised gift service created by Gemma in 2014 midway through her degree. The entrepreneurial spirit of Gemma was praised by the judges, with her company posting highly
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