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  • Contract End Date campaign reaches milestone

    A milestone has been reached in a campaign being waged to make business energy bills fairer, with several suppliers agreeing to adopt improvements to their customer communications.

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  • HMRC threatens customers up-to-date on tax

    HMRC has recently been sending demanding letters to people who have already paid off or are currently paying off their tax bills.

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  • Richmond firms benefit from green grants

    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Richmond can now apply for a green grant of up to £1000 from Richmond Council.

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  • Holiday season could affect cheque payments

    The UK Payments Council has urged consumers to double-check bills and invoices as cheques may take up to two weeks to clear during the holiday period.

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  • Businesses ‘should monitor energy use’

    Energy use and waste should be the first factors considered by commercial property owners who would like their premises to be more eco-friendly.

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  • New British Gas initiative to help SMEs cut energy use

    Energy supplier British Gas recently launched a free service to help SMEs across the country become more aware of their “invisible” energy use, and subsequently cut their bills by up to 50 percent.

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  • Cut your energy bills to maximize profits

    This article was written by Robert Lamoon, founder and director of Energy Savvy, which aims to help companies become more energy efficient. Energy Savvy, a member of the Energy Saving Association, was founded in 2011, and is an approved distributor for multinational energy eff...

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  • Outsourcers invent work to hike invoices, say IT professionals

    New research finds that over three quarters (77 percent) of IT professionals at organisations that outsource work believe their outsourcers have invented tasks in order to make more money.

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  • Utilities company helps SMEs save energy

    A scheme started by one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has just helped its 10,000th customer reduce their overheads.

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  • Tax Return Initiative offers chance to settle tax bills

    Higher rate taxpayers who have failed to submit tax returns are being offered the opportunity to come forward and pay up under a time-limited HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) campaign.

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  • Simple steps can reduce energy bill, says expert

    Small changes often yield the biggest results and, according to Siemens, this is the case when trying to save money on your business energy bill.

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  • Five easy ways to cut your business energy bill

    Cutting down on electricity usage benefits businesses in two ways: not only will your monthly outgoings be reduced, but you’ll be reducing your impact on the environment. As consumers and other businesses increasingly consider environmental credentials when making choices, com...

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  • Export Documentation Essentials

    Description This one-day course examines the documents needed in export trade and places the jigsaw together, providing an understanding of what, why, where and when. As a basis it follows the UN/SITPRO guidance in documentary completion, explaining why each piece of inf...

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  • Woods Squared Limited

    We are Business Growth Accountants. We help business owners measure and improve the numbers that matter within their business. We work closely with our clients to help them grow and to achieve their business and personal goals in the following areas: - Business Planni...

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  • Record numbers of consumers ‘have no spare cash’

    The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has announced the findings of a new survey, revealing that a higher number of shoppers than ever feel that they have no spare cash.

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  • Late payment – how businesses can avoid the cash flow hole

    Once again late payments are making the headlines. As politicians and journalists come forward to identify small and growing businesses as an integral factor in rebuilding the UK’s economy, it is unsurprising that the issues of late payments and cash flow have been brought to ...

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  • Small business confidence crashes at end of 2011

    Small business confidence plummeted in 2011 as businesses were hit by high inflation, rising utilities bills and reduced consumer spending power according to the latest findings from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) ‘Voice of Small Business' Index.

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  • Green tax burden ‘reaches tipping point’

    The number of green taxes and climate change policies has reached a ‘tipping point’ and will now start to affect jobs and investment in the UK, it has been warned.

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  • British Gas urges businesses to prepare for winter

    British Gas is urging businesses to prepare for a cold winter, with an estimated third of businesses being caught out by the cold weather every year.

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  • Late payments hampering SMEs

    It’s not a new tale but late payments have been confirmed to be persistent problem for small- and medium-sized businesses in the UK, according to a new report.

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