Thursday March 31, 2011 at 1:08pm
Budget 2011 – Property Now that the dust has settled after the Budget Report last week it would be a good time to summarise the main implications for the property world. Business Rates The temporary increase in small business rate relief has been extended by a further year to October 2012 This means that eligible businesses occupying one property with a rateable value of £6,000 or less will pay no business rates for that period. For properties with a rateable value of between £....
(read more...)Monday March 28, 2011 at 12:23pm
Business owners often dismiss the need for formal contracts with their customers or suppliers, seeing them as a barrier to getting on with their day-to-day activities. But maybe if they viewed them as a form of insurance their opinion would be slightly different. Business people often say to me that they don’t have or even need contracts. What they usually mean is that they don’t have formal written contracts. Instead they proceed on the basis of verbal negotiations or perhaps exchan....
(read more...)Tuesday March 15, 2011 at 5:06pm
The Department of Health has published its Responsibility Deal, and has immediately run into trouble with 6 health bodies who have refused to sign up as they say that the drinks industry has been allowed to dictate health policy.
This is a shame as with any partnership such as this it is necessary to involve everyone and there are bound to be compromises. It would be naive to expect anyone to sign up unless there was some common ground.
So what is it all about? Well firstly any partner signing....
(read more...)Tuesday March 15, 2011 at 4:51pm
The Government has given its support to a Private Members Bill which propses to cut the red tape on live muisic in pubs which hold 200 or less. They will be exempt from restrictions on regulated entertainment, and will not need to be licensed for such entertainment.
The Government support has cost an agreement to limit the live music to an 11pm finish time. It is hoped that the Bill will make rapid progress in the next month.
This will be a great help to pubs who want to put on live music on ....
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