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Office space dilemmas
Moving offices will test your financial skills and your ability to forecast how the company is set to grow.
Checklist: Choosing business premises
When deciding what sort of property is best to house your business, there are a plethora of issues to consider. This list brings together all you need to think about in one place.
Go green in the office
Recycling is now a way of life for many of us – in the home at least. It seems that the green message is finally filtering through as we become more aware of behaviours and actions that can have a negative impact on the environment.
A Guide to Running a Business from Home
This guide looks at the advantages and disadvantages of starting up from home, and explores issues like planning permission, business rates and mortgage, insurance and security issues.
Beware rogue surveyors
Every business pays a contribution to the government to help fund the services provided by local authorities. Find out how to reduce these business rates.
The case for serviced offices
Millions of pounds are wasted by UK businesses each year on office space they do not use. There are innumerable companies up and down the country committed to large overheads for office spaces that don’t match their business requirements. Serviced offices offer an alternative.
Surveyors: What can they do for you?
If you rent your business premises, appointing a chartered surveyor could save you time and money. SmallBusiness.co.uk explains how a surveyor can help you.
Tax and home-based businesses
As a business you can claim tax allowances. This means you can deduct a proportion of certain costs from your taxable profits and reduce your tax bill. SmallBusiness.co.uk explains.
Working in the cloud
Working remotely has yet to become a reality for most firms. So what truth is there among all the hype? SmallBuiness.co.uk gets to the heart of the matter.
An Introduction to insurance cover for business
This factsheet tells you which insurance cover your business is legally required to have and describes some optional insurance cover that you could use to protect your business.
Look! No wires…
We are becoming a nation of workers on the move. Or so media hype surrounding the so-called “wireless revolution” would have us believe. Yet, more recently, this hype has begun to take on some truth.
Make the most of your office space
Space costs money.
What do landfill regulation changes mean for you?
New rules governing the landfilling of non-hazardous waste came into force on 30 October 2007 as the final change under the Landfill Directive. So what do the changes mean for your business?
Top tips for business relocation
Recent research from YouGov of over 1,150 business owners and managers shows that half of UK bosses based in an urban environment are dreaming of escaping the rat race to find their own small slice of rural happiness.
Checklist: arranging a lease
Leasing can be a complex business and once you have made your leasing bed you have to lie in it so it's imperative that you get the details right from the outset.