Partnership

culture of creativity

What is the secret to building a creative culture and how does it benefit team members and customers?

When someone tells you that their business aim is to cultivate a culture of creativity, what sort of business comes to mind? Creativity is not only for job titles such as graphic designer or marketer but, instead, can be applied to the operations and structure of a business.  After the pandemic, many businesses recognised that …

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A guide to maternity allowance for LLP members

LLP members (partners) are self-employed, which means they don’t qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay but can still receive Maternity Allowance. To receive Maternity Allowance, you’ll need to fill out an application. We’ve outlined below what steps need to take place in order to receive this financial support. Applying To apply for Maternity Allowance you’ll need …

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optimal compliance. case study, partnership model

SOLVING DRIVER SHORTAGE WITH LLPs – INTRODUCING MATTHEWS HAULAGE

When Brexit drastically halted recruitment from the EU, the driver shortage led to a significant disruption in the supply chains of many businesses, which in turn had affected the delivery of food, fuel and other items across the UK. With the current drivers being overworked, stressed and quitting the industry, the real question was how …

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VAT, accounting

VAT Annual Accounting scheme, is it advantageous for my small business?

VAT-registered businesses are required to submit VAT returns four times per year. You can, however, sign up for the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme if you are eligible (and it is worth your time). You will only have to file a VAT return once a year under this scheme. The scheme’s goal is to improve cash …

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MTD, making tax digital, optimal compliance

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax – the what, the who and the how

Making Tax Digital (MTD) is part of the Treasury’s vision to digitalise the UK tax system, which simply means that businesses must ensure that they maintain digital accounting records as opposed to continuing to do tax-related activities on paper. Hopefully, going forward, this will improve the speed and efficiency of the UK tax system as …

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limited liability partnership, blog, optimal compliance

Your top 3 concerns about switching to a Limited Liability Partnership answered

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 does it mean when everyone …

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ben crampin

Partner

Ben’s been here pretty much since the get-go and, as such, has been instrumental in growing the business into what it is today.
 
He’s passionate about, in his words, ‘helping people and businesses that are just constantly being taken advantage of’ by providing affordable advice and support with an eye to ‘levelling the playing field’.
 
Ben looks forward to the day when automation will, once and for all, fumigate the fear and confusion caused by oppressive bureaucracy and strongly believes that ‘technology holds the solutions to the problems we’re trying to solve’.
 
Furthermore, he can see that technology will, in time, provide the scalability required to help a theoretically limitless number of SMEs survive and thrive against the odds.
Ben doesn’t think much of government agencies and he doesn’t suffer fools; two points that aren’t always mutually exclusive.