Small Business

Key financial considerations for employers. The lengthening list of rules and regulations involved with running a small business can take its toll on those in charge – even more so if you employ members of staff.  First, you need to ensure the business gets paid on time, every time, and ideally that it makes a

Tax-efficient options for limited company directors. If you run your own limited company, you choose how much to pay yourself, pick your own payday, and in which way you will be paid.  With more people working for themselves, that may sound appealing. But the reality is the money you work so hard to make goes

Auto-enrolment for small employers An introduction to the auto-enrolment process for employers with small workforces. Do any of these situations sound familiar? You’ve heard of auto-enrolment but your start date is a long way off so you haven’t done anything about it. Perhaps you’ve been meaning to look into your responsibilities but the demands of

Rewarding your staff A guide to showing your appreciation without having to give too much to the taxman. What makes an employee go above and beyond the call of duty, to put in extra effort beyond turning up on time, doing what’s required and taking home their salary? It might be related to the goals

Auto-enrolment A guide to auto-enrolment for small businesses. Since 2012 over 6 million employees have been automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes by nearly 80,000 employers. Between 2016 and 2018 a further 1.8 million companies will reach their staging dates, most of them small employers with 30 or fewer employees. The Public Accounts Committee has