As a landlord, it’s important not just to maximise the potential upside from your property, but also to protect yourself from the potential downsides. From break-ins to flooding, insect infestation and electricity issues, a variety of issues can affect you as a landlord. All too often, landlords focus on the upside of renting out their property, giving little thought or attention to the possibility of anything negative happening. In effect, they’re essentially leaving themselves at the mercy of the gods, hoping that any issue or emergency causes little, if any, damage to their properties. You don’t need an advanced business…
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You’ve been used to working on your own, or with maybe one or two others, for a while. But now business has picked up to a point where you can’t keep up. It’s time to hire employees It sounds easy enough, but it’s more complicated than it appears. It’s not something to just jump into. Here in this article, we will show you 7 things to know when you are ready to hire employees for your construction business. What Is Your Company Culture? You’ve already proven yourself as a construction company. You can’t afford to let any new hires get…
Setting up a limited company may not always be the best option to pursue when choosing a structure for your business as it can be expensive, involve more complex and restrictive rules regarding accounts and legal obligations, restrict the raising of capital and lead to a dilution of powers. Fortunately, there are a range of alternatives available. Umbrella company Umbrella companies are an excellent option for flexible workers, contractors and freelancers as it is quick and simple to join one. Compared with the hassle and expenses involved with setting up a limited company, working with an umbrella company streamlines the…
IHT and gifts explained Planning for the future is something we all come to sooner or later, and when the time arrives to decide what will happen to our assets, it’s worth knowing how to ensure our loved ones benefit as much as possible. With this in mind, here is a short guide on how you can reduce your inheritance tax (IHT) obligations with gifts. What is the IHT threshold? Inheritance tax is paid on an estate if the combined sum of all the deceased’s assets reaches over £325,000. It is usually settled by the family of the deceased, at…
Making your Mergers and Acquisitions a Success Making a success of mergers and acquisitions is a tall order, and so often companies go in unprepared. However, there are many things you can do to aid your chances of success and become one of the mere 50 percent of businesses that manages to pull it off. Here, we offer some advice on how to ensure a better likelihood of success. Research, research, research Many CEOs aren’t aware that, despite the fact the commercially sensitive information cannot be exchanged by businesses prior to a deal, there is still a lot of legally…
AI is dramatically changing the transport industry, but who’ll be there to take the responsibility, or the wheel, should things go wrong? Personal Car Leasing experts Fulton Leasing investigate. The autonomous car industry has recently found itself under the spotlight after March 2018 marked the first fatal crash involving a self-driving vehicle and a pedestrian. This comes just shortly after another fatal accident in California, which saw a Tesla Model X crash into a motorway barrier when on autopilot. Who deserves the blame is under scrutiny, but it raises some serious questions about whether the industry is moving too fast.…
Typically, nobody expects an emergency – particularly at their place of work. However, accidents do happen, and it’s better to be safe than sorry. Emergencies can strike at any time and anywhere, affecting both you, your employees and business directly. You could be forced to evacuate, or a team member suffers a serious incident, leading to the necessity of an emergency medical plan. Medtree, leading suppliers for first aid kits and other essential medical apparatus, are sharing their guide to creating an action plan for any medical emergency. In the past year, more than 609,000 non-fatal injuries were reported by…
Functional design vs Aesthetic design In practice, functional design always defeats aesthetic design. A web resource with good UX and bad visual design always surpasses, from the marketing point of view, a digital product with a magnificent “look and feel”, but which “rewards” the user with a negative interactive experience. “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” -Steve Jobs. Halo effect However, this does not mean that visual design is not important to user experience. It has the same impact on the complete experience as actual usability. This fact is confirmed…
Established as the world’s longest standing music platform, NME can no longer sustain their magazine and are ceasing print publications. After launching in 1952, the famous music magazine is focusing on online in an ever-changing digital age. Over the past decade, the print industry has suffered due to the rise in internet and mobile. NME is the most recent brand to turn their back on print, and Business Rescue Expert – leading UK insolvency practitioners – are sharing what NME terminating print publications means for the future. NME changed the face of print in the music industry, with music royalty…
Forget email marketing, social media and the like – direct mail deserves your attention in 2018. When it comes to marketing, you want to get right into the home of your consumer. How better to do so than by actually delivering your message through their door? Recent reports have attributed a 118% consumer response rate increase to marketing combined with direct mail, so you need to consider the abilities. With that in mind, Washington Direct Mail – a UK mailing house – are discussing their favourite direct mail links. World Water Day You’re, probably, all familiar with World Water Day,…
