In the present financial crisis there will be very few businesses who will not be finding things difficult. The most important area that business owners and managers should be concentrating on is cash flow and the following are a few elements to look at where managing cash flow is concerned:
Credit Control – no sales transaction [...]

Must all companies have a secretary?
Yes and No. From 6th April 2008 private companies will not need to have a company secretary but public limited companies still will. Furthermore companies registered before 6th April 2008 will have to change their Articles of Association at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders to remove the requirement [...]

There is a saying in marketing that “image is everything” and there is a lot of truth in that. Your customers, existing and potential, will expect you to present a professional image and your stationery is an important factor in creating your business image.
You should take time to consider what you will need and how [...]

The one aspect most likely to delay the start of business for a new company is not the actual incorporation but the printing of stationery.
Letter headings and other stationery cannot be printed until after the company is incorporated. This is not just commercial prudence in case a name is turned down, but certain items such [...]

At some point as you establish or expand your business you are going to have some sort of office set up.
This may be a one-man office for your own use, possibly in a spare room of your own home, or it could be a much larger set up in a business centre or business premises [...]

Ask most business owners what a business plan is for and they will say that you need it when starting a business to get a bank account opened or when you try to get funding for a new project.
There is some truth in that but it is only part of the story. A business plan [...]