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MARCH 19, 2008

Small Business Startup Checklist – Company Structure by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 19, 2008 An important early decision that will have long-term consequences for your business is to determine the legal form it will trade under. You benefit from having an easily organised business that you are in complete control of.

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MARCH 28, 2010

Attempt to form a training co-op with other local companies to cut costs. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 17, 2008

Change of Business Ownership by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 17, 2008 An important consideration for a small business owner when looking towards the future is the possibility that the ownership of their business may change. This is particularly true in the high levels of anticipation of business ownership change throughout the western world.

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MARCH 9, 2010

I came across some key principles, by Robert Moment, that form a solid foundation of business integrity which all small businesses should adhere to: 1. For continuous improvement of a company, the leader of an organization must be willing to open up to ideas for betterment. To sum it all up “If you have integrity, nothing else matters.

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MARCH 20, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 20, 2008 I always enjoy the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs out in the field, during speaking engagements, trade-shows and other events. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College in London. Entrepreneurship live and kicking! The event was held in the St. What have I learned yesterday?

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MARCH 12, 2008

Small Business Startup Checklist – Naming Your Business by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 12, 2008 This is the first of a series of weekly posts focusing on some of the key issues that a small business startup faces. 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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MAY 12, 2010

Every time one of these businesses is propped up with public funding, new innovations are being killed off by keeping these inefficient and badly managed corporate giants afloat. The mortality rate of SME’s in the UK is still over 50% within five years of start up. It is a basic human right to live in legal certainty. VB, Stefan PS.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 12, 2008 It always amazes me to see how many businesses still charge by the hour – it is a business killer. » « 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. Which is stupid. [.]

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business. NOTE: If you have any problems with setting something like this up, give our 24/7 live support a “ click “, they can help you. Or you could help the foreign business to import into your country.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 When you sign up to WinWeb’s free LiveNet – still in public beta – you can also use our useful and FREE RSS Press Release service. Using this free service will give your small business web coverage, sometimes even the old media picks it up. It doesn’t get better than this! [.]

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AUGUST 21, 2007

Examples of teams are: Work Teams Sales Teams Customer Service Teams Virtual Teams I would suggest that small business owners need to form teams around their small business and start-up business , like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, too.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

My wife will always ask me why I can’t give up work, she will say you don’t have to do anything, why not stop? Stefan Keith Dryla Said on January 22nd, 2008 at 5:48 pm I totally agree with you about the passion. If you are only after making money, you won’t. I can proof that to you, too. Answer: Passion.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

The excel self assessment tax return is arranged in the same layout as the official inland revenue form with the same box numbers making it easy to copy the figures from one to the other for submission. derek morgan Said on June 3rd, 2008 at 1:13 am I am sole trader.i Very Low Priced At £12.99 am vat registered.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Accountants will set their clients up who have no understanding or interest in bookkeeping/accounting. 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.

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OCTOBER 28, 2007

Sooner or later you will think about doing a little more business, protecting yourself more, and that will bring you to the question of changing business and trading environment All small business, micro business, sole traders, freelancers and home businesses can be run in the form of limited liability companies. Ltd, Partnership Ltd etc.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5% the recession is nothing the media hyped up, since you lost your job because of it, you should know; 4.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 07, 2007 A few years ago I decided to change over to Apple computers from Windows based computers and up until now it seemed the right decision. I called again and again after waiting 20 minutes on the phone, I had to explain all this again, I was told I would get a return form to fill in.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

So if you are thinking about starting, growing or running your small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses , but are worried about if you can be successful, worried about failing, worried about giving up your job, etc. than bootstrapping is for you.

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AUGUST 11, 2006

It is our relationship with our Accountant Partners and Solution Partners in connection with our online technology, forming our Small Business Infrastructure , that sets us apart from our competition, and represents our value model. European Governments, sit up and take note &# … and live-syle!&# [.] Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 17, 2006

I invite Panelist, participants and obviously readers of this blog to feel free and correct / add to my notes in the form of blog comments. [.] Baseball Bats For Sale Said on November 12th, 2008 at 4:53 pm I think the most important of the advantages that you list here is that it can be used anywhere any time.

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JUNE 29, 2006

The four types of status I am going to give you some bite sized details on are: Sole trader Partnership Limit Liability Partnership Limited Company Sole Trader This is by far the easiest type of status to set up (details on registering with the various government departments will be dealt with in a later post).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

So I saw little of my family and especially my son who is now grown-up and ready to go to university. So for the past eight years I have been there when my son came home from school, I even picked him up often enough. So for the past eight years I have been there when my son came home from school, I even picked him up often enough.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Many are starting small businesses or home businesses, freelancers, self-employed, contractors, professionals in all small business areas setting up shop. Should our camera pick up motion we are sent an email, SMS and phone call – which is great for us. Desire to look after kids, family or friends. Well don Interwatch Security!

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MAY 8, 2006

This is where I would definitely look for an accountant who belongs to a professional body, and holds a current and up to date practicing certificate, at least this way I would know this ‘stranger’ has gone through a certain standard of training and will have had to achieve a minimum level of experience before being admitted to membership.

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