The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announced his proposals to help small businesses in his pre-Budget report on Wednesday 9th December. There is to be a committment of £500m for a capital growth fund. This will be used to support small businesses and is an extension to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme. A tax…

It has been been a great week this week. I have been at the Business Startup Exhibition at London Olympia with the team from Bizpro. They are a virtual assistant business run by Managing Director Kerry-Anne Orr. She asked me to go along and help to promote their business. There is a lot of synergy…

Alistair Darling , Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that he will present his Pre-Budget Report at 12.30pm on Wednesday 9th December. The Pre-Budget Report is becoming a more significant event in the political calendar; with a general election just around the corner, this year’s statement will be of particular interest. Look out for announcements…

The self-assessment filing deadline for paper returns 2008/09 is 31 October 2009. If you file a paper return after this date you will be issued a £100 penalty. HM Revenue and Customs have indicated that if you tried to file online and failed due to some fault in the online filing process, a paper copy…

As of 1 October 2009 the new national minimum wage has increase. The new rates are £5.80 per hour to workers aged 22 and above £4.83 per hour to workers aged 18 to 21 £3.57 per hour to workers aged below 18 who are no longer of compulsory school age It is also now  illegal…