Technology in the 21st century means delivering solutions: it is the raison d’être of the digital economy. Among start-up and scale-up communities, the self-employed and entrepreneurial businesses, the demand for legal services is similarly focused on achieving solutions. In practical terms, this means getting advice from lawyers who not only know how to guide them
The post Why on-the-job training is key to meeting client needs appeared first on Small Business.
Source: SmallBusinessUK
How budgeting could help your business to limit costs and achieve its potential
Budgeting simply means planning and controlling how your business spends money, explains David Hubbard of Middlewich-based management accounting services provider Jugglers (“the accounts department for companies that don’t have one”).
“Creating a spending plan – or budget – allows you to determine in advance whether you can afford to buy things your business needs or wants. But your budgets must be based on reliable sales forecasts. If you keep on spending more than you can afford, you’ll soon run into cashflow difficulties,” he warns.
Continue reading…
Source: Guardian
Amazon has given a clear hint that it intends to expand its cashier-free grocery store into the UK, as the threat to jobs from technology gathers pace.
Source: Sky Business News
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) collects the UK’s international trade in goods data, which are published as two National Statistics series – the ‘Overseas Trade Statistics (OTS)’ and the ‘Regional Trade Statistics (RTS)’. Data for Non-EU and EU trade are published simultaneously on a monthly basis. The OTS publications include import and export trade values by summary product and partner country.
Downloadable versions of the Overseas Trade Statistics datasets, exporters and importers details are available from uktradeinfo’s Data Downloads page.
UK Overseas Trade Statistics data is also accessible in greater product and partner country detail in an interactive table with extensive archive hosted at www.uktradeinfo.com
Source: HMRC
This draft guidance is provided to assist understanding of the application of the hybrids mismatch legislation, which take effect from 1 January 2017.
The examples contained are based upon a selection of those contained within the OECD ‘Final Report on Neutralising the Effects of Hybrid Mismatch Arrangements’, with additional draft examples dealing with hybrid transfers and permanent establishments.
Source: HMRC
The FTSE 100 opens higher, but shares in Capita continue to fall after Thursday’s profit warning.
Source: BBC
Despite likely economic headwinds, four in five (82 per cent) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are confident about their business performance going into 2017, either expecting their revenues to grow or remain constant during the next 12 months, according to the latest Aldermore SME Future Attitudes report, a survey conducted amongst 1,000 SMEs in the UK.
The post SMEs confident about their business performance in 2017 appeared first on Small Business.
Source: SmallBusinessUK
Fyffes, the Irish-based fruit and vegetable distributor, says it is unanimously recommending a takeover offer for the business from a larger Japanese rival.
Source: Sky Business News
Irish fruit distributor Fyffes says it has agreed to be bought by Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation.
Source: BBC
Tougher rules are needed to protect investors in crowdfunding platforms, the Financial Conduct Authority says.
Source: BBC