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Let Earth Day Kickstart Sustainability in Your Business We’ve been working to make Artisan Accounts more environmentally sustainable for some time. So, it’s with great interest that we’ve noted that the theme for Earth Day 2022 is Invest in Our Planet, and urges all...

2022 will continue to see businesses competing to retain and attract talent. However, after two years of Covid restrictions and upheavals, few small businesses are in the position to compete with rising salaries. The good news is that more than ever, employees are...

Many of us have been looking forward to a more traditional end of year season in 2021. While that may not be possible anymore, it’s good to know that if you feel the need to switch your Christmas party plans to virtual this year, the usual tax rules still apply. The...

There’s a lot of advice out there on how to set up a company. However, information on how to close a company is a little harder to find. Companies are closed down in the UK every day and it’s important to do it correctly. Just as you have legal responsibilities in...

Getting the right pricing of your product or service can be the most difficult job for business owners. Occasionally, businesses vastly overestimate the true value of their products, but we find that we are more likely to see our clients underselling themselves. It...

Why Do You Need a Scalable Business Model? Nobody starts a business to see it crashing after a couple of years. Nor does any excited entrepreneur dream that their business will stay small forever or that they will have to throw in the towel when a recession hits. Of...

Building a Garden Office Through Your Business As many of us have been working from home for the last few months it seems that our whole approach to work is changing. Last month Twitter announced that staff could continue working from home “forever” if they chose to....

Stop Paying EU VAT for Online Purchases Do you buy supplies and use services online for your business? Do you order your supplies from Amazon, or share your files with your team on DropBox? We all do these days, but are you aware that in doing so you are most likely...

Your Guide to VAT and Your Business Value Added Tax is one of the most confusing taxes to understand, with complicated rules and thresholds that make it an area fraught with dangers and pitfalls for small businesses. In the blog below we answer some of the most...

Design Studio Start Up – Where Do You Start? When you decide to start up your own design studio there are lots of elements to get to grips with and it might be easy to think that you can figure it out as you go along. That’s true to a point, but there are some key...