Business Law: Will Oakes of Attwells Solicitors on getting redundancy procedures right
IT IS true of most businesses that the people who they employ are at once their single biggest asset and single biggest liability. But it is a sad fact that, especially in economically challenged times when order books are not as full as they were last year, or the year before that, a responsible business owner must constantly review a firm’s workforce to ensure that it is operating to optimum capacity.
Jamie Riddell: Is Facebook right for your business?
Jamie Riddell, chief executive of Suffolk-based Digital Tomorrow Today, a future-looking digital marketing consultancy, explains how businesses can make effective use of Facebook. Jamie publishes a Directors’ Briefing to monthly premium subscribers covering the latest digital trends and how businesses can harness them today.
Farming and the Law: Suzanne Whyman of Barker Gotelee on the importance of making a will
IT IS essential for a farmer, perhaps more so than anyone, to ensure that he (or she) has a will disposing of the farming assets (commonly in the farmer’s sole name) to the right people on death.
Business Law: Andrew Nicholson of Barker Gotelee on the risk of property fraud
PROPERTY is usually the most valuable asset people own and in recent years it has proved to be an attractive target for fraudsters who have sold or mortgaged properties to raise money.
Business Finance: Peter Harrup of PKF offers some year-end tax-saving tips
THE run-up to April 5 is traditionally the time when individuals focus on financial and tax planning. Company owners often have more options than most and should make the most of them in these tough times.
- Business Law: Andrew West of Gotelee Solicitors on absence-related dismissal
- Business Finance: Linda Ellett of KPMG on why more firms are using asset-backed financing for pensions
- Business Law: Matthew Cameron of Ashton KCJ warns of pitfalls when buying property abroad
- Business Finance: Yvonne Graham of Ensors offers some top tips for tax savings
- Business Finance: Peter Harrup of PKF warns of HMRC efforts to tax dividends as salary
- Business Law: Frances Barker of Blocks on employment benefits for older workers
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