Financial forecasts preparing to create yoursAccountingAccounting 2017 19th December 201620th November 2017 Gary Raven Barrons In the first edition of 4Business, I wrote an article entitled “Business Planning - Are You Planning Not To Fail?” which sought to explain to you why you should seek to plan your business and develop a forecast for regular review and update. This article seeks to help you critique
Is university the way forward after school?AccountingAccounting 2017 19th December 201620th November 2017 Lloyd Fernley Joseph Lamb With the increase in University tuition fees and the current state of the graduate employment market, many young people are starting to wonder if they should go to university. There are a lot of different points of view to this argument, but let’s take a look at what
Train your finance team it’s good for your business!AccountingAccounting 2017 23rd June 201620th November 2017 Samantha Sutton Southend Adult Community College There is a clear link between business planning and staff training and development. Up-skilling your staff is good for your business and good for your workforce. Business owners can improve performance, productivity, competitiveness and staff morale. Research conducted this year by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) found
Dividends: how it affects youAccountingAccounting 2017 24th March 201620th November 2017 First the good news - the Dividend Allowance means that no tax will be payable upon the first £5,000 of dividend income received in a tax year, no matter what level of non-dividend income you have. So good news? Sadly not for many, particularly SME business owners that have been benefiting