components of a business plan



Nichola Ross Martin considers cats and sandwiches and when you might not claim a proportion of any expense.

You might not think that cats and sandwiches have too much in common, until you th...

  • Newth Talks Tax: Motor and travelling
    Motor and travelling

    An anonymous subscriber disclosed that they had been in protracted correspondence and a meeting with HMRC Lothians regarding the availability of motor/train travel between clinics for medical consultants...

  • Better software smooths the road to managing KPIs
    Years of bitter experience have convinced Robin Tidd that much of the business intelligence software used to monitor key performance indicators is "garbage" - but he is beginning to see some improvements.
  • PracticeWEB opens online payroll data collection service
    PracticePAYROLL is a new online service from PracticeWEB designed to help bureaux and business advisers collect their clients' payroll data.
  • Self Assessment ‘reasonable excuse’ update for agents
    Following the paper filing deadline on 31 October, returns must be filed online. If you are unable to file online, you will be fined unless you make a claim for “reasonable excuse.”

    How to make a claim
    A claim must be in writing, and should be...

  • Instant relief! The best use of trading losses. By Rebecca Benneyworth
    Rebecca Benneyworth kicks-off the first in her a series of articles examing relief for losses.

    The next couple of years is going to be a difficult time for everyone, and in business, thoughts turn to the best use of losses, obtaining the maximu...

  • Leading Veterinary Association Improves Efficiency and Financial Reporting with COA Solutions’ OpenAccounts
    The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA), the charity which promotes scientific and educational standards of small animal medicine and surgery in practice, teaching and research, has gone live with COA Solutions’ OpenAccounts finance system.
  • Managing your practice's workflow: matrix versus portfolio
    So far my time spent with Sarah Jane has focused on clarifying her aims and objectives for her business; documenting these in a business plan so that her aims are clearly defined and measurable; and then working with her on strategies that will enable he...
  • Sarah-Jane's third blog: So how is it going? Two words; Credit Crunch!
    Sarah-Jane's third blog: So how is it going? Two words; Credit Crunch!

    Lesley Stalker SJO Associates

  • Friend or foe? By Simon Sweetman
    Simon Sweetman feels that fears about HMRC's new powers are exaggerated...

    It is accepted, I think, that the relationship between HMRC and the tax profession reached a low point in late 2006 as the merger of Customs and Inland Revenue spread ch...

  • CODA Financials wins Accountancy Age Enterprise Software Award again
    CODA Group, the finance systems specialist, is proud to report that its Financials was announced 'Enterprise Software Package of the Year 2008' at last night’s Accountancy Age Awards for the second consecutive year and for the fifth time since 2001.