Off-payroll working has recently attracted headlines in a number of high profile tribunal decisions.
Category: Opinion
Some of the UKs leading business leaders and opinion formers share their insight and ideas for growth
Watch out for HMRC blowing hot & cold
Annette Stone of Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants explains to us about a client of hers who operates a takeaway recently found themselves the subject of an HMRC VAT investigation.
Gina Miller on Brexit: ‘With just 6 months to go we are sitting on an enormous powder keg’
Gina Miller, transparency activist and philanthropist, took to the Futures Stage at the International Business Festival yesterday to close the Festival’s second week.
Businesses need to start getting creative with their marketing
As the high street reports new casualties, Nikki Hesford looks at why businesses need to start getting creative with their marketing
Change: An opportunity for growth
News of impending change can provoke resentment, even fear, across any business. This may be quite out of proportion to the disruption that actually takes place.
Why you should re-evaluate your marketing in the GDPR age
The arrival of GDPR has led to a number of businesses re-evaluating their approach to marketing and there is an argument that you should probably do the same.
Supreme Court missed huge opportunity to drag law into 21st Century with Pimlico Plumbers’ ruling
I’m supposed to say I’m disappointed that the Supreme Court has ruled against Pimlico Plumbers, by ruling that plumber, Gary Smith, was a worker, rather than the self-employed contractor we all knew he was when he was carrying out work for my company.
Shortlisted cities must use every asset to win Channel4 Hub bid
There’s a narrative in creative business that there’s nowhere in the UK that could ever match London. It’s a narrative that helps maintain London’s power, but it’s one that is ultimately false, damaging, and restrictive.
How the West Midlands can attract & retain digital talent
Michele Metcalfe, Head of Wales and West Midlands Regional Business at Vodafone UK, explains how the West Midlands can attract and retain digital talent.
Increase VAT threshold to incentivise self-employed & small business growth
The government should increase the VAT threshold to stimulate small business growth and encourage innovation, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has today said
Are you prepared for the investment assault course?
Contrary to popular belief, becoming an entrepreneur is relatively easy. The hard part is making your business thrive once it’s off the ground – and this is the phase that often requires founders to think about investment.
Can we trust the security of mobile payments
True, mobile payments have not become omnipresent yet, but they most likely will in the next few years. According to some reports, the use of mobile payments is predicted to grow 80 per cent until 2020. Should we trust the data, then we have to prepare ourselves for mobile payments, which will soon become ubiquitous.
Is cryptocurrency still Bitcoin & everybody else?
As a small business owner, you have to decide which opportunities are worth pursuing and which might be a waste of your time.
The challenge of recruiting unpaid directors for voluntary sport boards
Recruiting the next generation of directors is a prominent consideration for all sports entities. However, for sports organisations where crucial governance positions are unpaid, this function takes on even greater importance.
Six ways open banking will transform financial services
You take out your smartphone and log onto Amazon to make a credit card payment, transfer some money into your ISA savings account and, as a small business owner, check your current cashflow
