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In the UK today, most people work in service-based and knowledge-based industries. These are industries which deal in intangible assets such as intellectual property: knowledge and know-how, patents, trademarks, copyrights and brands. This wasn’t always the case, but the pace of change has been accelerating. It’s only in the last...

Have you thought about switching your business structure from a limited company to a limited liability partnership but you kept running into these three concerns: “It won’t work for my business because we are too big.” “The industry we are in, I just don’t see it working…” “Management wise, what...

The concepts of group structures and holding companies sound very corporate. Like, really, obnoxiously corporate. The idea of having several companies owned by another company which, in turn, is owned by a bunch of shareholders can be daunting. And that’s not even mentioning the extra statutory burdens it seemingly places...

The last year has been tough on many businesses. Some are still feeling the effects of a decline in profits and cash flow from the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns as they try their best to keep their business running. Others may just be starting to climb out of the despair...

Are you considering buying a car? Will you be using that car for work? If you’ve answered yes to both of those questions, maybe you should consider buying the car through your business. There can be a lot of tax benefits to be had, especially if you’re considering getting an...

If you take stock of what you do in a day, how many of those tasks are repetitive? Sometimes all but a glorified box ticking exercise? These types of manual tasks that are repetitive, can be templated, and are perfect candidates for automation. But how do you know what automation...

If you’re a business owner, the chances are you will want to know how to increase the value of your business. It’s important for any entrepreneur or business owner to have an idea of what their company is worth, especially if they are looking to either raise investment or plan...

Are you claiming back up to 33% of your development costs? It’s a shame when brilliant ideas are left in limbo before they are able to come alive because of financial constraints. Did you know that most founders underestimate how much time their startup will need to achieve market validation...

Sunak has announced, after much criticism from business advocacy groups and even the ever vocal but legislatively impotent (within our two-party system) Labour party – with the aim of pressuring Sunak to keep supporting small businesses beyond April – that the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), having lent out £45...

Now formally known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership or CPTPP – the change in name following the US’s departure under a controversial presidential memorandum, signed despite heavy opposition by former President Donald Trump – the 11-nation trading bloc eliminates the majority of tariffs between Australia, Brunei,...

What fuels research and development? Innovation! The sheer act of looking for something new stems from trying to do something better or fix a current problem, what other reason would there be to develop anything new or do any further research? We’ve written an article below of five new technologies...

In the last article we looked at Windows laptops, and briefly Chromebooks. In this week’s article we will be looking at the Apple alternative, both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and the advantages that they have over their Windows counterparts. We’ll also have a brief look at the iPad...