Budget 2008- What you need to know.

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			Business Start Up
			Business General
			Limited Companies
			Business Management
			PAYE & National Insurance
			VAT
			Personal Taxation
			Savings & Investments
			Planning and Strategy
			Business Processes
			Finances
			Exit Planning
			Managing your staff
			Sales and Marketing
			Branding
			Motivation and Personal Development
			Information Technology
			General

Business Start Up Should You Form a Limited Company Choosing Your Accounting Date Preparing Your Business Plan

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Business General Insuring Your Business The National Minimum Wage Capital Gains Tax Taper Relief Dealing With Employee Absence Stamp Taxes How Would The Euro Affect Your Business Tax Calendar

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Limited Companies The Law and Directors’ Responsibilities The Company Secretary Audit Exemption An Introduction to Corporation Tax Company Bonus or Dividend Company Car Tax Corporation Tax and Dividends Personal Service Companies

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Business Management How to Increase Your Profit Six Steps to an Effective Business Plan

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PAYE & National Insurance An Introduction to PAYE National Insurance Planning Minimising the Risk of PAYE and NIC Audits Don’t Pay Too Much National Insurance Employing Your Spouse Benefits in Kind and Expense Payments

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VAT An Introduction to VAT VAT Do’s and Don’ts VAT Cash Accounting Scheme VAT Annual Accounting VAT – How to Survive the Enforcement Powers

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Personal Taxation An Introduction to Self Assessment An Introduction to the Tax System for the Self Employed Accumulation and Maintenance Trusts Planning for a Year’s Prosperity Inheritance Tax Planning Separation & Divorce Giving to Charity Child Tax Credit & Working Tax Credit Pension Credit

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Savings & Investments Tax Efficient Investments Tax on Savings Income Capital Gains TAX EIS Deferral Relief ISA’s Personal Pension Contributions Enterprise Investment Scheme

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Planning and Strategy What’s the business plan? Six steps to an effective business plan Why business plans fail Writing your mission statement An introduction to strategic planning Avoiding traps in strategic planning Building strategic alliances Finding your market niche How do you score at continuous business improvement? How to survive when times get tough Innovate to grow Make your planning meetings count No business is an island – taking a wider business view Pricing strategies Small is profitable – the advantages of being a small business Strategies for increasing revenue The right kind of growth

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Business Processes Better stock management Stock answers Get better deals from suppliers Should you buy in or manufacture materials? Benchmarking best practice Ten reasons to benchmark your business When cutting costs becomes counter-productive Is outsourcing the best strategy? Company meetings Designing for profit Does your business pass the risk test?

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Finances Raising finance Three steps to cheaper financing Keeping an eye on your cashflow 10 tips for avoiding bad debts Can you cut your interest payments? Don’t cut costs – manage them Negotiate credit card fees Reduce your utility bills Track your leases Watch your margins when the good times roll Save money on office furniture and equipment

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Exit Planning Selling your business Selling a business: your questions answered Do you have a succession plan in place? Preparing your partnership

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Managing your staff Recruiting staff Reducing the recruiting risk Get the chemistry right when recruiting Hiring winning sales staff Conducting a successful interview Bringing training in-house Employee incentives Devising incentive schemes The do’s and don’ts of incentive schemes How to keep your staff – cost-effectively Identify your star employees Consulting your staff Remunerating for profitability Dealing with employee absence Keep a look out for signs of stress Managing for profitability Opening the books can improve profitability Staff appraisals Staff handbook

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Sales and Marketing A 16 point marketing plan Beating the competition Good marketing is about listening Keep your sales force selling A Customer Satisfaction Survey Encourage customer complaints Reward your most profitable customers The customer experience When the customer is not right A networking strategy Working lunches

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Branding Building your brand Avoiding the brand pitfalls

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Motivation and Personal Development Leadership Checklist Presentation skills The art of negotiation Effective time management Achieving ‘Olympic level’ performance Break the mould

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Information Technology Do you need an intranet? Reduce your electronic stress levels Surviving a loss of data

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General Identify and prevent fraud in your business Most common fraud risk factors What to do when you suspect employee fraud Work and travel Working from home Coping with disaster Could your business survive without you? Getting more from your business meetings Health and Safety Helping the environment (and your business) Leasing equipment Relocating your business 7 ways to protect your business against a downturn Use corporate giving to improve your bottom line

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