Tax advice, accountancy services and business consultancy in Essex and East London

Top tips for cutting debtor days

Improve your cash flow by making sure you get paid on time: Get a head start:  The beginning of any business relationship is the best time to achieve an explicit agreement to your payment terms and conditions, since not only…

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No sex please

Without Life or Critical Illness cover or reviewing your existing cover? It’s best to apply now, and beat the premium-increase deadline created by the EU Gender Directive. The EU Gender Directive, due to come into force in December this year,…

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Plugged into the Network

At CBHC we’ve always been ahead of the game when it comes to proactive business advisory services, and now we’ve strengthened our Corporate Finance offering even further by joining the Corporate Finance Network (CFN). The CFN is a UK-wide network…

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Let’s celebrate

We all enjoyed the Diamond Jubilee earlier this month, but have you ever considered how anniversary celebrations can result in positive PR for your firm? Admittedly, we’re not advocating anything near to the scale of the Queen’s Jubilee weekend pageantry,…

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Top tips on estate planning

Make sure your business assets can be passed down without incurring significant taxes: Where there’s a will. Wills shouldn’t just be reviewed when you want to make an alteration for personal reasons; it’s a good idea to check periodically that…

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Sale of the century

Unless you’re a serial (and highly successful) entrepreneur, chances are you won’t have been through the process of selling a business before – so we thought some useful advice might be in order… You may not have previously considered your…

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Sporting chances

How can businesses make sure the Olympics only have a positive impact on their operations? Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, chances are you won’t have failed to notice that the London 2012…

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Search & employ

So you’re looking for new staff, and you’ve drafted a job advert – but where do you put it? It’s all very well coming up with a tempting job description, working out a suitable salary, and listing the essential qualities…

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Win-win on the web

Gone are the days when websites cost tens of thousands of pounds to set up, and could only be updated thereafter by those with technical skills – shrewd businesses are turning to WordPress for a smarter way to get a…

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Rewarding endeavours

There are business awards running in every sector, and in every region – but how and why should you enter? Firstly, we’re going to tackle the ‘why’. In short, business awards are an excellent opportunity to have a third party…

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Tax investigation peace of mind

In the past couple of years it’s been widely acknowledged that HMRC is conducting more tax investigations than in previous times. But while some specific sectors have been named as particularly being focused upon – for example doctors, plumbers and…

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How to put together a social media policy

The popularity explosion of social media has been great for both business and personal networking, but how do you make sure that your employees’ use of these platforms doesn’t end up having a negative impact on your business? Developing a…

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Keep it in the family

One of the biggest challenges for family businesses is choosing how to pass the company onto the next generation, balancing the needs of the individuals involved as well as the company’s interests. There’s a huge proportion of people in the…

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Are you gambling on the mortgage rate lottery?

The base rate is at an all-time low, and has been so for three years now – but although the Bank of England looks unlikely to increase it, lenders are beginning to raise their interest rates. In the past few…

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New tax avoidance taskforces

Aimed at specific business sectors where HMRC has evidence of tax evasion, these 30 new taskforces come as a result of the Government’s £917m spending review investment to tackle tax evasion, avoidance and fraud, which aims to raise an additional…

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