Why Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Can Make Sense
Why Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Can Make Sense You’ve maxed out your pension. You’ve used your ISA allowance. You’ve just sold a property, or a chunk of your business, and you’re staring at a capital gains bill that makes your eyes water. What now? For a certain kind of business owner, the Enterprise Investment Scheme […]
Why a Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Can Make Sense
Why a Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Can Make Sense If you’ve read our piece on EIS, you’ll know the territory: pension used up, ISA used up, and a tax bill that keeps growing. A Venture Capital Trust is the other main route into tax-advantaged investment in young British companies — and it works quite differently. […]
The Power of Tax Planning
The Power of Tax Planning Paying tax isn’t a choice. Reducing what you pay is — and that’s where we can help. Tax efficiency isn’t a one-off decision made when a business is founded. It’s something that should evolve as the business does. ⚠️ We don’t use aggressive tax schemes. It isn’t our style and […]
What Really Matters in Shopfitting
What Really Matters in Shopfitting You are running two businesses at once. The margin is lost in the gap between them. Walk into any shopfitting factory in the country and ask the Production Manager how the week has gone. You’ll get a straight answer in seconds. Units off the bench. What’s on the paint line. […]
What’s Really Important in Construction?
What’s Really Important in Construction? Every contractor knows where the job is. Fewer know where the money is. Walk onto any site in the country and ask the Site Manager how the job is going and you’ll get a straight answer, usually within seconds. Where they are against programme. Which trade held them up. What’s […]
What Really Matters in Manufacturing
What Really Matters in Manufacturing Every manufacturer measures something. The winners measure the right things — and act on them. Walk onto any factory floor in the country and ask the Production Manager how the week has gone. You’ll get a straight answer, usually within seconds. Units out the door. Machine downtime. Which line ran […]
The Strategic Planning Cycle: Turn Your Financial Data Into Business Growth
The Strategic Planning Cycle: Turn Your Financial Data Into Business Growth Most business owners have a finance department that tells them what happened last month. But does yours tell you what to do next month? Does it keep checking whether that plan is still working, and adjust it accordingly? That gap — between reporting the […]
Know Your Number: Choose the Life You Want
Know Your Number: Choose the Life You Want Are you actually less financially savvy than your own employees? They’re all working with an end in mind — retirement. But are you? This article is about a popular phrase in financial circles called Know Your Number, and it’s one every owner should understand. Most owners spend […]
What Is a Financial Forecast?
What Is a Financial Forecast? Have you ever opened your year-end accounts and been surprised by the profit? A financial forecast is how you see those moments coming, while you can still do something about them. Or had that moment when you realise there isn’t enough cash to pay the wages bill? Perhaps an unexpected […]
What Is My Sales Target To Break Even This Month?
What Is My Sales Target To Break Even This Month? Why wait for your finance team to tell you whether you’ve made a profit this month? If you have a stable business model, it’s straightforward. With a good finance team behind you, all you need to do is look up the value of your sales. […]
