Category Archives: Business Growth

Thinking Time for 2022

Happy New Year from me and the cat or the Cat and I, which is better English. Timmy is very focused for 2022. He wants to be nicer to the other cats in the area, wants to eat better, and is planning to do 1k in March. But he is not doing dry January, to

Client wins and the advantages of up to date numbers

client wins

I was going to do part 2 to follow up on my blog of last week. In case you missed it see here. But then I thought this is the last blog of the year. It is a good time to look in the rear-view mirror. We will cast our eyes over Client wins Greatest

Marketing – Why do we do it?

I got delayed writing our blog this week as I was on a webinar with the Institute of Chartered Accountants. The title for the webinar was “Growing Your Practice Online”. One of the discussion points was on social media marketing and the clue was in the name social. We are often guilty of not getting

Things Not to Do in Business or You’re Dead

I went out for a run yesterday morning. My last hard training run before the Belfast marathon on Sunday week. The plan was a 1 mile warm up and a 1 mile cool down but 10 fast miles between the easy ones. The 10 fast weren’t as fast as I wanted them to be. During

Tax implications of a company loan – Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Tax implications of a company loan

This week we are going to look at the tax implications of taking a loan from your company. We will look at Setting the scene Company Tax Benefit in Kind [BIK] Loans not caught Can Teddy do better? Summary Setting the scene? Teddy Moore set up a new company in February of 2020 called Getmoore

Should I buy an electric car through my company?

buy an electric car

  This week a client’s query provided the idea for our blog. Our client is looking to buy an electric car through their company and he had a few queries around BIK, grants, etc. Should you buy an electric car? We will look at Why an Electric Vehicle [EV] Benefit in Kind [BIK] Charging equipment

Tax Strategy For Your Business – Part 3

Two weeks ago, we looked at a Tax Strategy for a growing business. In case you missed it see here This week we are looking at a Tax strategy for the Directors who want to exit their business. The main points are Exit Plan Meet Reg Look at gifting shares to Megan Paulaid Ltd buying

Tax Strategy For Your Business – Part 2

Tax Strategy for a limited company

Last week we looked at a Tax Strategy for a sole trader/partnership business. In case you missed it see here This week we will look at a Tax Strategy for a limited company. The main topics we will cover are Company set-up – getting it right Transferring a sole trader business to a company Salary,

Tax Strategy For Your Business

Tax Strategy For Your Business

Over the next few weeks, we are going to look at a Tax Strategy for your business. We will start with a sole trader/partnership and look at a limited company next week. The reason for this is to give you some ideas in this space. You want your business to be as lean and efficient

Management Buy-Out. How Can This Work?

Management Buy Out

Last week we look at Part 2 of the Do’s and Don’ts when exiting a business. In case you missed it click here.  This week we are going to look at a Management Buyout and to see how that can work. The main discussion points will be How to do this The rest of the