Elizabeth Solaru has had a passion for cake-making and decorating since a young age and in 2006 she founded Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium. Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium create beautifully handcrafted cakes that are adorned with the most realistic edible jewellery, sugar flowers, lace, pearls and gems. The testimonials on her website really do say it all… “We tasted a lot
Keren Malki (The Malki Foundation in English) serves Israel-resident families who have made the decision to care at home for their children with serious special needs. Non-sectarian and non-political in all respects, it provides specialist equipment and enables high-quality paramedical therapeutic care for families from every part of Israel’s social and religious spectrum. The Shire
Green & Peter Golf Day in aid of the Keren Malki charity. Read More »
https://youtu.be/__xKuvGkcM0 Recently, I went to see a restaurateur who was concerned about the profits he was making on his food. I explained to him that he had to make sure he had good controls in place, that he was able to monitor his gross profit margins regularly on a weekly and monthly basis and that
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What exactly is venture capital and how does it work? Any new business start-up needs some form of initial funding, cash money to get the new “venture” off the ground. This could be for any number of things; rent on premises, equipment, furniture, vehicles, stock, staffing etc etc. There are several methods of financing a
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I saw a client recently who considered setting up a limited company for his business and wished to know the best way forward of taking out money from the business whilst minimising the tax being paid by his company and himself. I suggested a system of utilising director’s remuneration and dividends to do this. This
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On the Monday 1 September 2014 a new theatre tax relief was launched which is estimated to benefit around 250 production companies. This means that plays, musicals, opera, ballet, dance and circus productions could receive support from the government. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, said: The UK’s theatres make a valuable contribution to our
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To be entitled to tax credits you must be in ‘qualifying remunerative work’. There is no restriction on claiming Working Tax Credits if you are self-employed. This could be a valuable source of additional income to those who are un-employed and considering a return to work in a self-employed capacity, and not earning a great
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Stephen is a professional camera operator and editor with 6 years’ experience in shooting and editing for an array of corporate, production, non-government organisation and news clients. He is passionate about creating awareness or inspiring change through visual storytelling. Stephen has been based in London for 1 year and some of his clients include CNN
I was approached by somebody who was seriously behind with his taxation affairs, and it reached the degree whereby he was unable to paint anymore. He was an established artist. I went through his case with him, and we approached the Inland Revenue. And I negotiated a settlement on his behalf, which was acceptable to
Are You Seriously Behind in Your Tax Affairs? Does this Stifle Your Creativity? Read More »
Many thousands of households across the UK will be affected by changes to the benefits system from April 2013, all part of government plans for the biggest shake-up of the welfare system for decades. Government ministers argued that the changes were necessary to tackle the rising cost to the taxpayer and cut the budget deficit.
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