Taking the plunge
If you've just started a business, congratulations!
If you've set yourself up as a limited company then
by now your company secretary will be inundated with
letters, brochures and forms from the Inland Revenue.
Don't Panic! Simply give them all to us!
Let us deal with the taxman while you get out selling
your product or service!
Incidentally, did you know your business could be
a vehicle to slash your tax bill?
Contact us and we'll tell you more...
"The main reason for business failure is lack
of sales – you should be always be spending sufficient
time prospecting, following up and closing sales."
"In
business, we always need more time. Appletons give you
that time by handling your bookkeeping, payroll and red
tape while you handle your new customers."
Budding
entrepreneurs
If you want to run your own business you have to be
focussed and self-discinplined.
Even the smallest business should take the time to
draft a business plan, which sets out the business's
aims and how it will achieve them.
The plan will vary depending on the type of business
but it will usually include some or all of the following:
- A statement of the business's aims.
- A budget
covering profit and cash-flow forecasts, which
should be set out in detail for the next 12 months
and in outline for the next two to five years.
- A marketing plan covering how the business will
promote its products, attract new customers, handle
promotions and so on.
- A plan for the amount
of capital expenditure on long-term assets such as cars, property and
new equipment, how they will be financed and when
they will be acquired.
- The business's strengths, weaknesses and new opportunities,
and possible threats to its survival.
- The business's staffing, training and employment
needs, because lack of good-quality staff can affect its growth.
...if the business is making products for resale,
the plan should also cover its production needs.
But how detailed should your plan be? How realistic
is it?
We at Appletons will be delighted to help answer these
questions for you.
