by Georgi Rollings | 7th January 2012 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Sole trader, Start ups, VAT
I’ve seen a few people talking about barter transactions, or skills swaps. I think they’re a fantastic idea, and am part way through one myself – watch this space for a new shiny combined website and blog in a couple of months, which I am paying for...
by Georgi Rollings | 15th October 2011 | Accounting, Business Planning, Sole trader, Start ups
I was reminded this week just how important it is to have good visibility of your expected cash position. A friend updated their cash flow forecast and realised that they would be going overdrawn within a couple of months, and were able to get an overdraft agreed up...
by Georgi Rollings | 8th October 2011 | Accounting, Self assessment, Sole trader
If you are sending in a paper self assessment tax return for the 2014-2015 tax year, then it must reach HM Revenue & Customs by Saturday 31 October 2015. If your tax return is received late, then you will have to pay a penalty, even if you have paid your tax on...
by Georgi Rollings | 10th September 2011 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Limited company, Self assessment, Sole trader, Start ups
Understanding your financial position is vitally important in giving your business the best possible chance of success. If you don’t have an accountant then its even more important that you are on top of your numbers. This week I’m therefore going to give...
by Georgi Rollings | 3rd September 2011 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Limited company, Sole trader, Start ups
There are a lot of statistics around about start up business failures. Nobody starting a new business wants theirs to be one of the failures.What can you do to help your start up business survive? I read an interesting article in a business magazine a couple of weeks...