A ‘tough but fair’ budget was delivered by Chancellor George Osborne on Tuesday 22 June 2010. He described the spending cuts and tax increases as being ‘unavoidable’ due to ‘the years of debt and spending’ by the previous Labour government. The Chancellor tried to reassure us that he was being ‘fair’ and that ‘everyone will [...]
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Established profitable business for sale. Operating in Javea for almost 20 years the Sign Shop has become one of the most well known businesses in the area & produces work for local, national & international customers Our capacity includes a full professional digital press service producing high quality printing of flyers, business cards etc. plus [...]
Budget or a pre election broadcast? The Chancellor, Alistair Darling gave his final budget before there is a general election on Wednesday 24th March. He made very few announcements as the majority of tax rates and allowances had already been released in previous Budgets and the Pre Budget Report given in December. The key announcements [...]
We have often been asked for a list of books that are useful whether you are new to business or just wanting to update a few of your ideas – here are a few we have slected for you – hope they are useful – feel free to add more in the comments section – [...]
The flat rate VAT charged by HMRC to small companies has risen in just under half of all business sectors, according to data released by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Flat rate VAT is charged to the smallest businesses with a turnover of less than £150,000 and aims to minimise the red tape around [...]
Robert Ashton, is an entrepreneur, and challenging business author. His books including ‘How to Sell’ are published by Hamlyn. Visit www.robertashton.co.uk to find out more. Robert kindly agreed to contribute a regular column to ‘Wising UP!’ so this was the first of of our “Ten Ways…” series from the first issue of Wising UP in [...]
Lyn Brisley, a family law specialist at Buckles Solicitors LLP, explains this new approach to divorce that has arrived from across the Atlantic in the USA. Most people appreciate that pursuing a divorce can be a stressful and bitter experience. Dividing assets and sorting out the arrangements for children, can generate unpalatable litigation which is [...]
With thanks to the sympathetic reader who forwarded this item to us – and with apologies to all our subscribers who have been without us for a week, while our server technicians struggled to return us to some sense of normality ! After going through a virus attack, Losing a hard drive, Fighting off hackers, [...]
Journalist and motorcycle enthusiast Gareth Ashman was in pole position for a promising career as a bike racer when a little-known eye condition brought his hopes to a screeching halt. The future looked dim for Gareth until a chance meeting with an optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital gave him back his eyesight and steered his [...]
Over the next few weeks we will be transferring articles from the original Wising UP! magazine (and the current website www.wising-up.co.uk) to these pages. We hope that this will encourage our authors to add to the great contributions they have already made – it gives them a chance to keep their articles current and it [...]
