Engaging your employees is very important if you want to keep them on board. The traditional reward for good performance is a pay rise and while most employees would welcome this, managers need to give that little bit extra to particularly strong employees. Pay rises might boost performance for a period of time, but they […]
The Blackberry Priv
The new Blackberry Priv is BlackBerry’s first Android phone. That means you get BlackBerry’s best productivity features, like BlackBerry Hub and Blend, and supreme security, plus access to around 1.5 million Android apps. Not only do you get more apps than ever, Android also gives you the flexibility to personalise everything about your device. The […]
Risk Management
Regardless of the type of firm that you run, business risk is inherent. It is unavoidable and it must be identified and managed correctly. As they say, if it can go wrong, it will go wrong! The best business managers see the risks and take precautions, but they also consider the relationship between risk and […]
HMRC Business Records Checks to end..
HMRC have recently announced that they have wound down their business record checks and will no longer initiate new checks using this process. HMRC say that they “remain committed to helping businesses to keep better records”. At the same time HMRC have updated their factsheet on compliance checks. ….But they can still visit Business Premises […]
Apple iPad Pro
The iPad Pro follows the general design principles of the iPad Air 2, but on a significantly larger scale. Aside from the increase in screen area, there are some key design differences, each corresponding to a functional difference. One is that there are four speakers, as opposed to the twin speakers on the iPad Air […]
Email Etiquette
These days, everyone is under pressure. We respond to email from computers, tablets and smartphones. We are all working harder and sometimes we can fall into bad habits when it comes to our email etiquette. Here are a few tips to help counter this: Open emails quickly and respond It is very frustrating to send […]
Google Chromebook
What is it? A Chromebook is a laptop running Google Chrome OS as its operating system. The devices are designed to be used primarily while connected to the internet, with most applications and data residing in the cloud. They are not designed to be full featured laptops like Windows or Apple machines. Are they any […]
Employment intermediaries consultation on Workers’ Travel
The government is also proposing to remove tax relief for ordinary commuting (in general, home-to-work travel) for workers who are: Supplying personal services Engaged through an employment intermediary (including PSCs); and subject to (or to the right of) the supervision, direction or control of any person The effect of this will be that individuals whose […]
Consultation on changes to Personal Service companies (IR35)
In the Summer 2015 Budget the government announced that HMRC would start a dialogue with businesses on how to improve the effectiveness of the existing intermediaries legislation. HMRC will engage with stakeholders over the next few months to explore options to make the legislation more effective in protecting the Exchequer and levelling the playing field […]