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How and why do strategic decisions affect human resource management policies?

Setting up own business - grants for setting up while unemployed

Hi I was made redundant whilst on maternity leave a few months ago. i'm wanting to start up my own beauty business working from home and doing mobile treatments. i hadn't been signing on but was told...

sheenamsharm

how to calculate bad debts

how to calculate bad debts by making separate accounts

nfn

Complaints against a Ltd Company

Is there anywhere I can check to see if a Ltd Company has had a previous claim made against them for breach of Sale Of Goods Act 1979? Free information would be ideal but I'm willing to pay a small...

ericnoronho

Whether to start a business or buy a new business

My sister is older than me. After a recent upheaval in her personal life, she is torn between making a decision whether to start a business or buy a new business. Is there anyone who can help her?

squirtle

Can anyone explain to me about small business's who are not VAT registered.

I have approached a local builder who has his own business to supply me an insurance quote for some work i need doing and they are hesitating because its an expensive job and they are not...

lainiej

Branching out on own

I have been working for a local franchise for 2 1/2 yrs now and am thinking about leaving and starting up on my own providing the same service. Possibly in the same area but hopefully slightly out of...

carron81

Setting up own business - grants for setting up while unemployed

Hi I was made redundant whilst on maternity leave a few months ago. i'm wanting to start up my own beauty business working from home and doing mobile treatments. i hadn't been signing on but was told...

Dee999

values and cultures

how do i find my organisations values and cultures?

fruitloop21

sub contractors and invoices

My husband is a self employed builder and he employs sub contractors. I pay them through CIS scheme and deduct tax. I struggle to get invoices from the subbies for the work they do. Do they have to...

Fairie

renting out a house

Hi I was wondering if i rent my house out to someone else, what is classed as profit? on the government website, it states: 'You pay tax on any profit as part of your overall income' Is profit what is...

zein

finance

. You have borrowed $70,000 to buy rental property. You plan to make monthly payments over a 15-year period. The bank has offered you a 9% interest rate compounded monthly. Calculate the principal...

cassa333

Withholding a payment question

Hi, Does anyone know if you can (legaly) withhold paying all subsequent monthly invoices because you are in dispute over just one or two months worth of invoices? Someone who I know has a dispute over...

motomad

Are we able to reclaim vat?

A large amount of equipment we use for our business was destroyed by fire,are we able to reclaim the vat.?

toppo078

equal pay/unfair dismissal

This involves more than just a contract dispute. I have worked for a company for 29 months. A year ago, a colleague said that we (the two company drivers) should have been paid double time for working...

factor-fiction

The AB Editor is alive and well

The AB editor is alive and well! He/she has successfully cleared the site of one poster's ridiculous spam which swamped the Business section today. Thanks Ed and thanks to all those who reported the...