Office Assistants

Some business owners have never thought about having a payment policy. Deadlines on bills, wages and taxes come and go; amounts due get paid as soon as possible. When available cash doesn’t cover it, the deadlines slip.

Are you locked in to an energy supply contract in which you have to accept price rises? Has your initial contract been rolled over onto a new one without your knowledge? Office Assistants warn of the importance of reading contract small print.

If you don’t reclaim all the VAT you are entitled to, you could be losing hundreds of pounds a year. More than half the business owners in a recent survey believed they might be around £500 or more better off.

Can you remember how you felt when you set up your business? How proud you felt and how determined to make a success of it? Since fear of failure didn’t hold you back, you had a truly entrepreneurial spirit, and it's important to hold onto it.

The new governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is already making his presence felt. Although he is relatively young, Mr Carney comes with a good pedigree. Here's what we think might be on the cards from the 'new broom'.

Are you fed up with waiting to hear if your bank will lend you the cash you need to take your business to the next stage? Or just daunted at the very prospect of asking for it? Funding Circle may be a good solution.

If you have favourites amongst your staff members, whilst you may be keeping a few of them happy, you could be alienating the rest. Some bosses don’t even realise they have favourites, and wonder why there is so much tension in the team.

The government has announced the introduction of a new digital system whereby you will be able to manage your own tax accounts online. Essex bookkeepers Office Assistants explain what it will mean for businesses and individuals.

The tax aspects of company cars have become more and more onerous over recent years. The laudable fact that government wants to encourage businesses to buy and use more eco-friendly vehicles is just one of the contributing factors.

Do you, or could you, employ an apprentice or two? Taking on an apprentice could benefit your business as well as the individual concerned.