These traps and mistakes are common to many entrepreneurs and small business owners
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In these circumstances, the employer must allow the employee to convert the annual leave to bereavement leave if the employee wishes to do so (Section 37 of the Holidays Act 2003).
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If you have not already, now is the time to ensure your team is thinking strategically about recovery. It is easy to get overwhelmed with the response process and the complexities of adapting operations to our new normal. It is, however, vital for long term success to allow time for some strategic thinking.
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Major changes to the law regarding Residential Tenancies Act will come into force on 11 February 2021. The changes modernise the law relating to residential tenancies, reflect the current rental market, give tenants more security and stability, and protect landlords’ interests.
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Updates to the Business Finance Guarantee Scheme were announced on 20 August 2020. The Scheme has been revisited to provide a higher level of loans to an increased number of businesses to help in the recovery from the impact of COVID-19.
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Computer security is back in the spotlight. Smaller businesses are more likely to be the target of scams, however, than attacks of the nature that shut down our stock exchange last month.
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COVID-19 presents unique opportunity for businesses to reconsider their options when it comes to motor vehicles
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The impending implementation of the Trusts Act 2019 has prompted many people and their advisors to question whether existing trusts should be retained or wound up. This article focuses on potential tax issues that trustees and their advisers may wish to consider.
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As a manager, you'll often have to persuade people to believe in your views and to accept your ideas. If you're good at selling your ideas to employees and colleagues, then you'll go further, faster, in your career. Unfortunately, good ideas must first be sold to staff and, if you can't get your proposals across the way you envisaged, then they may well go the way of many other good ideas—into oblivion. So, here are some simple rules that will help you sell your ideas more effectively in the future…
Read MoreHow do you articulate who you are, if you’re not the household name in your market place? Well, first thing’s first – you need to know who you are.
Read MoreGiven the current economic outlook and the critical need for all business owners to take an active role in overseeing the response, we feel compelled to re-emphasise the key messages that almost all professionals are now passing on to their clients.
Read MoreWhen an employer is considering making an employee(s) redundant, there are three key steps they need to get right…
Read MoreIt is a good time for employers to draw on lessons learnt from recent experience with the lockdown. Taking the time to prepare and develop your policies and practices now will help to ensure your employees and work environment are safely managed and to ensure you meet your legal obligations at any alert level.
Read MoreThe current unprecedented times have forced many businesses to reconsider their supply chain, including rethinking their import and export strategy to meet customer demands.
Read MoreIf cannabis is legalised, what does this mean for employers? Will employers have to accept employee’s turning up to work stoned?
Read MoreTimes are tough for many. Stress levels are high. An employee may test your patience or let you down, but that is no excuse for failing to meet your obligations as an employer.
Two recent cases remind employers that there are consequences for treating employees unfairly.
Read MoreYou must provide customers with quality products and services otherwise they’ll go elsewhere. To keep ahead of your game, you may have to abandon outdated notions about how your organisation does its work and start afresh. This is the essence of reengineering—a process of improving the old ways of doing business and seeking to create new and better ways. Here’s how to help your business benefit from an effective overhaul.
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FBT does not apply to a vehicle if it meets all of the following condition…
Read MoreThis issue of Tax Bites focuses on the tax obligations relating to the depreciation of commercial buildings, Writing-off of low value assets, the wage subsidy and the remission of UOMI in the current COVID-19 environment.
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After you have taken all of the preliminary steps, considered all of the potential ramifications, legal and otherwise, and have made the difficult decision to let someone go, stick to it. Don’t torture yourself. Don’t prolong the dismissal procedure! It is, after all, inevitable.
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