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The 3rdi – First UK Online Publication Aimed At Women in Business

John Williams - Wednesday 03.03.10, 14:21pm

On Monday March 1st the UK’s first online journal aimed at women in business was launched by the brother and sister team of Karen and Phil Birch, themselves serial entrepreneurs.
The name 3rdi derives from that ‘extra’ intuition that women have; their intrinsic ability to empathise, communicate, share, spread their ideas and “network.”
The magazine has been [...]

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Taxation and Red Tape in UK Business

John Williams - Friday 26.02.10, 13:21pm

If you are among the many small business owners who feel that they get a raw deal acting as unpaid tax collectors for the Treasury, you may be interested to read the latest publication from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Taxation and Red Tape.
Sub titled The Cost to British Business of Complying with the [...]

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Using Foreign Currency Brokers When Paying Overseas Suppliers

John Williams - Tuesday 01.12.09, 18:54pm

One of the most fiercely debated issues in UK politics over the years has been whether the UK should have joined the Euro-zone when it had the chance to, or indeed should we ever join.
With the current exchange rate it would be worth arguing the case for joining now, but that would only serve to [...]

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Tags: Banking · Foreign Currency · Import · Small Businesses

A quarter of SMEs lose money to ‘phoenix’ companies

John Williams - Monday 23.11.09, 17:38pm

The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has hit out at so called ‘phoenix companies’, companies that fail owing huge debts only for the directors to purchase the company assets for a fraction of their true value and start trading in a different name.
This is of course all perfectly legal in the UK and is not [...]

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Tags: Administration · Cash Flow · Small Businesses · UK Economy

UK Insolvencies hit record levels

John Williams - Monday 09.11.09, 11:57am

Talk of recovery from the financial crisis in the UK was dealt a crucial blow with the release of the highest insolvency figures since records began, last week, showing over 35,000 people were declared bankrupt in the three months up to September 2009.
The actual figure from the Insolvency Service recorded 35,242 people in England and [...]

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Tags: Administration · Cash Flow · Personal Finance · Small Businesses · UK Economy

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