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Making Tax Digital for VAT: 1 month to go
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is coming into force in less than one month, from 1 April 2019. Fortunately for our clients, this is no cause for worry – as Xero Platinum Partners, we've already helped hundreds of businesses to become MTD-ready by switching to...
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8 Xero add-ons to help you run your business
Our top choices of apps to make your life easier.
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Save time with Xero
Cloud accounting tips to help you get your weekend back. When we talk to people about what they want from their business personally, they often describe their free time rather than professional achievements.
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Building a brilliant team
From the Resistance going up against the First Order in Star Wars to Leicester City winning the Premier League in 2015/16, most people love a team that punches above its weight. Seeing a set of individuals come together to achieve something remarkable is thrilling to watch, but such successes aren’t confined to…
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How to manage your finances in difficult times
As rewarding as it is to run a business, it’s a time-consuming and exhausting job at the best of times – even when you’re not dealing with any additional pressures. But we’re living in times of economic and political uncertainty, and many business owners are feeling...
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What to consider when setting wages for employees
Setting staff wages is a tug-of-war between the head and the heart but it’s vitally important to get it right. If you’re too generous, you could end up harming the long-term viability of your business, and putting yourself and your family in a precarious position. But...
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Growing pains: how to manage an expanding business
Finally, all your hard work is paying off - your business is not only thriving, but also set to grow. It’s an exciting feeling, and seems more of an achievement amid Brexit uncertainty and global trade wars. There is an interesting detail hidden in Government figures...
read moreBudget 2018 highlights
Our budget report details Chancellor Philip Hammond’s main announcements for October 2018.
read moreIs your business ready for Making Tax Digital ?
The introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is getting closer. From 1 April 2019, all UK businesses above the VAT-registration threshold (£85,000 in 2018/19) will need to keep records digitally. Businesses will need to submit VAT returns to HMRC using...
read moreWhen to hire a new employee
Your business is growing, you have less and less time to spend with your family, and you’re rushing through jobs to fit them all in. You might even find yourself turning work away. These could be signs the time has come to hire more employees, and take your business...
read moreWhen is the right time to take a step back from your business?
After all the hard work, money and time you’ve invested into your business, you’ve reached that crossroads: your business cannot run without you but it may be time to call it a day. It’s a familiar dilemma faced by thousands of business owners around the UK, most of...
read moreSelf-assessment: an introduction for first timers
Bristol is the fourth most productive place in the UK and the West Country more generally is a hotbed of entrepreneurial spirit, so the concept of self-assessment is nothing new. There were more than 39,300 people registered as self-employed in Bristol at the end of...
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