Systems, processes, and standard operating procedures are vital for all businesses. It is something I tell my clients time and time again. Bulletproof systems are the key to growing your business. After all, as your business grows, there is no way you can be around to supervise everything that goes Read more…
Rishi Sunak announced at the time of the 2021 Budget that the Government was going to roll out Help to Grow Management course aimed at turbo charging the UK economy as we strive to come out of the Covid stranglehold. In this blog we look at the key information. Who Read more…
Crypto Assets UK Tax Position In recent years, crypto currency has become more and more popular. But do you know where you stand when it comes to tax? In this newsletter we look into what it could mean for you in terms of taxes in the UK. HMRC’s viewpoint There Read more…
I often get asked the question, “when should I employ someone in my plumbing and heating business?” Frankly, it’s not easy to answer, but hopefully what I’m about to explain in this blog will give you something to work from. “There is no point employing someone if it’s not going Read more…
I think all plumbing and heating businesses should have a marketing strategy. A marketing strategy is everything you need to do in order to get a customer to get in touch. To email you, give you a call, book in a visit. That’s what marketing is. Getting your name out Read more…
What do I mean by that? I find there are three types of plumbing and heating businesses in the UK. Either a premium, high end plumbing and heating business, a standard, mid-range plumbing and heating business or a cheap ‘stack em high, sell em cheap’ plumbing and heating business. All Read more…
If you’re using Xero or another CRM, whenever you input the data of a new customer, what you are in effect doing is creating a database. So let’s say you’ve got 500 customers, that’s a potential database of 500 names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. Providing you are being Read more…
First of all, it’s a legal requirement to submit a VAT return (of you are VAT registered) and a self-assessment tax return or accounts to Companies house and a Corporation Tax return if you are a company; to HMRC which may declare your income and expenditure, your assets and liabilities. Read more…
Either from a personal perspective or as a business owner it is likely you will have been hit with a whole raft of information being thrown at you from different sources at various times since the pandemic engulfed the UK back in March this year. It makes sense just to Read more…
Surprise surprise, things have changed again, and as promised, Together We Count will keep you up to date with what you need to know. As a nationwide lockdown commences, Rishi has announced the following: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) The CJRS will now run to 31st March 2021. The Government Read more…