How the new digital tax returns will make life easier for business
Do you dread the annual tax return and fear the process of having to make sense of receipts and invoices filed away many months before? The new digital way of managing your tax returns could be the answer. Millions of businesses have already jumped on the back of the digital age through marketing, selling and […]
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Key automatic enrolment messages for employers – March 2017
Here are all the important key messages for this month for employers tasked with automatic enrolment duties. Automatic enrolment: Make sure you tell your staff how automatic enrolment applies to them. As part of your automatic enrolment duties, you will need to write to your staff to tell them how automatic enrolment applies to each […]
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The Forum celebrates 40 years in business
On the 7th September, staff at the Forum will be marking the company’s 40th birthday with pizza, cake and lots of balloons! Forty years of business is a great business achievement and the Forum is proud of what it has achieved in that time. The company has moved with the times but the ethos of […]
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Advantages and disadvantages of being a solo director of a limited company
Starting your own small business is incredibly exciting, but it can also be a very daunting prospect. It’s often very difficult to know where to start. Once you have a great idea in your head and have researched the viability of your venture, it’s time to make it official by registering a name and suitable […]
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The Forum sets out its Election agenda to support business growth
The Forum of Private Business is encouraging the future government to create conditions for an increase in business performance and productivity both in UK trading and exporting overseas. The Forum support business growth for our members and we are encouraging the future government to create conditions for an increase in business performance and productivity both […]
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Findings from ‘Building and retaining employees’ twitter chat
On Monday 17th July 2017, the Forum held a twitter chat on the subject of ‘Building and retaining the next generation of employees.’ Here are the findings collated from all those involved along with supporting information and tweets from participants. Building and retaining the next generation of employees is a critical factor in a business’ success. […]
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Automatic enrolment and ongoing duties
Every employer has automatic enrolment duties. Here, we help every employer understand what they need to do and how. First step Firstly, every employer needs to assess their staff, put them into a workplace pension scheme if they meet certain criteria, write to them to tell them what they’ve done, and complete and submit a […]
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Article 50: uncertainty the order of the day for UK SMEs
Only 1 in 4 SME owners in the UK feel that they have a clear understanding of what Article 50 is and what it means for their business, according to results obtained from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey that questions over 900 UK SME owners and senior management across a range of […]
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Latest news round up from The Pensions Regulator
Here is an update from the Pensions Regulator for the month of June 17. Declaration of compliance report July 2012 – end May 2017 May 2017 figures were published. Headline figures are: 598,126 employers have automatically enrolled job holders 7,997,000 job holders enrolled into automatic enrolment pension schemes 15,322 employers have automatically re-enrolled job holders 435,000 […]
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Summer Holiday Guidance
The summer holiday period is upon us again shortly and this is a really busy time for employers receiving leave requests. With working parents juggling childcare with school holidays can become a nightmare just for the parent it can also become a little bit of a headache for business employers as it can be difficult […]
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The Forum’s response to the Queen’s speech
On 21st June, the Queen gave a speech marking the state opening of Parliament, the contents of the speech highlights the priorities of new ministers and sets the scene for Parliament. Following the Queen’s speech today, Ian Cass, MD of the Forum responds: Quite rightly the Queen’s speech talked first about the economy and the […]
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Abolition of roaming charges in EU may lead to higher costs
The Forum is warning small businesses in the UK to be aware when calling abroad as the abolition of roaming charges within the EU may not lead to reduced expenses as previously hoped and could be more expensive. On the 15th June 2017, a European Union law was abolished enabling mobile phones to be used […]
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The Forum urges businesses to review fire safety and security
In light of the recent tragic event in London, and the terrible impact on people and property, it brings the subject of fire safety to the forefront of our minds. Here at the Forum, we thought it was appropriate to remind members to keep themselves and their staff safe at work and to ensure that you […]
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HMRC launches new Fraud Hotline
HM Revenue and Customs has launched a new hotline for the public to report fraud and evasion in the fight against tax fraud. his service has replaced two separate tax evasion and customs hotlines with one, streamlining HMRC’s intelligence gathering on tax fraud. The HMRC Fraud Hotline: 0800 788 887 The hotline is open between 8am […]
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We are Sounding a ‘mayday’ distress signal for businesses
The Forum of Private Business is calling more loudly than ever for the UK’s politicians to recognise that the economic strength of the UK is reliant on the country’s five million small businesses. Read our Press Release issued today, the 9th June 2017. Chief Executive of the Forum, Ian Cass comments, ‘The voice of small […]
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