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APRIL 8, 2008

The costs will vary greatly depending on your needs – machines that make neon signs for a bar will be more expensive than if you are making wooden estate agent signs. The rest of your expenses will be related to promoting your website. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Darling we’re out!&# » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:49 am and is filed under Finance , Health Check , Home Business , Outsourcing , Sales , Virtual Assistants , Work/Life Balance , be successful , bootstrap , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping. ,

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MARCH 2, 2010

Many small businesses struggle to find finance, especially with the financial climate being as decidedly frosty as it is at present. If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me spell it out for anyone who really has not got the picture, businesses go bust because: The banks will not lend money to them; Even if they lend the money it is so expensive that it takes any profit out of the deal; They run out of savings. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

« Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under Small Business / SOHO. It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Here are some of the biggest mistakes made by companies during takeovers: Inadequate due diligence – You need to have done extensive research into the finances, existing contracts and liabilities of the company you are buying in order to avoid lawsuits, extra expenditure or loss of sales. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. The new cost centre module is excellent for tracking expenses so that we can see which department or project the cost belongs to. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 19, 2008

However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 8:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Start-Up. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! start-up in business , use online IT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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APRIL 20, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business. You will then have a record of all your income & expenses shown with monthly totals.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

A good side effect here is that you will have to look at your expenses and cost again, and may be able to make a judgement if that was good or bad money spent – you know what I mean – the hindsight thing. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! WinWeb also covers this version of bookkeeping.

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JUNE 29, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under How to. The key is to realize that you don’t need those expensive things or waste energy to look like a proper business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! lower overheads.

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JUNE 29, 2006

Another downside, if you make more profits than you draw out, you are still taxed on all the profit irrespective of whether you have taken the money, and with a 40% tax band this can be expensive. A limited company must also file annual tax returns (“corporation” tax returns) with the Inland Revenue just like an individual.

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JULY 27, 2006

Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Computerised systems now fall into two very different camps, the first are those that sit on your computer, and as such you need to take responsibility for ensuring you back your data up on a regular basis.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Fixed costs are operating cost that are incurred when providing necessities for doing business and have no relation to the volume of production and sales.

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APRIL 1, 2008

The set-up cost for this business is one of the more expensive ones due to all the equipment that will be required. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. In common business lingo, bootstrapping means using your personal funds in order to finance the business. Great post.

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

This might sound like a shocking statement, since "Enterprise Software" typically means the world of SAP and Oracle, and the traditional heavyweight, expensive, pay-huge-license-fees-upfront, then try-to-implement-forever model that does not work anymore. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

Members of the major accountancy bodies, such as ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA, ICAI and others are also subject periodic reviews of their files by their professional body and are required to keep up to date by engaging in Continuing Professional Development. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I used the migration assistant to move all files across to my new computer and at first all seemed fine. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 at 11:00 am and is filed under Comments , Office - IT. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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