From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Stay Calm

September 30, 2009

We tell our clients who are buying or selling houses:
“Stay calm!!!!!”
We know that for most people buying or the selling a home can be one of the most stressful times of their life.
Usually, a house sale or purchase involves a chain of transactions which extends beyond your immediate control.
Timing, negotiation and often a sense of [...]

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Survival of the Fittest

September 28, 2009

I like lists and things with numbers so here is a list of 10 to help your business out with Money:
A 10 point plan for businesses:
Richard McNeilly Business Development Partner at Dains LLP says that the fit businesses are the ones that have the best chances of survival and here offers his  top 10 tips [...]

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Setting up a Company. The formalities, a checklist

September 25, 2009

Have you ever been asked “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer is one bite at a time.
I manage my elephant eating by writing lists. I get huge satisfaction out of crossing off the things I have done as I move nearer and nearer to finishing what I started.
Now starting is something entirely different!
There is [...]

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A Kiddie in a sweetie shop

September 22, 2009

I have had the most amazing and incredible idea…
These are genuinly difficult times for people in business and I genuinly want to help. So I have been slaving over a hot keyboard putting together this service
I am so excited about it I feel like a kiddie in a sweetie shop.
It’s not like anything else we’ve [...]

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The Problem with doing it by heart

September 18, 2009

I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog. He is an American, modern  marketing specialist and many of his posts just sort of hit the mark. See what you think of this one?
The problem with doing it by heart
When you do something by heart, it bypasses some of the common sense processing we use to navigate our [...]

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Technology Migrant – Legal Native

September 16, 2009

I heard a new phrase today, “technology native” meaning the youngsters growing up now who seem to have the new technology encoded into their DNA.  The other side of that is “technology migrant” meaning those who are learning technology almost like a second language.
 I am pretty sure I am a “technology migrant”
The difference is that [...]

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Contract? Completion?

September 14, 2009

Whether you are buying or selling a house you will hear the words exchange of contract and completion.
These mean very different things and in most transactions happen at different times. Sometimes, though, there is a simultaneous exchange of contracts and completion.
 Exchange of contracts
When the Solicitors for all of the parties in a chain of house [...]

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VAT & PAYE – More to add

September 10, 2009

It is usually better to delay payments to HMR&C for PAYE rather than VAT, if you can.
 

In my experience it is also easier to deal with PAYE, especially if one has not defaulted before, than the VAT man!
There are other ways of approaching cash problems and also funds that not everyone is aware of which [...]

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A Valuable Employee is leaving!

September 9, 2009

When an employee leaves to go to work for another organisation their employer may wish to have in place safeguards to protect sensitive information relating to the business to prevent it from falling into the hands of a competitor.
One possible way of doing this is through a post-termination restrictive covenant, but this will only be [...]

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Leases – when times are hard

September 4, 2009

Whether you are a landlord or a tenant of commercial premises if you are finding the times hard it may be time to re-read your lease.
If a break point in the Lease is approaching, it may be an excellent idea to move to new premises or to renegotiate the lease terms. It may be cheaper to meet the costs [...]

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