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It has been reported that in 2013 5,974 new businesses began in Cardiff alone and no doubt many of these began with an idea and no expertise to execute those in to a viable business.  Our ethos is simple; understand what direction your investment is going and before you know it you have a successful, profitable business on your hands, enabling you to reach your goals. We appreciate that not all businesses are the same and we work with you as an individual to understand your industry by becoming a member of your staff without the expense of employing a
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    IR35 affects all contractors who do not meet the Inland Revenue’s definition of ‘self-employment’. So firstly you should establish whether you are ’employed’ or ‘self-employed’ under HMRCs terms. The Inland Revenue state that they will take an overall view of a contractor’s position to determine whether they will be deemed ’employed’ under the rules, therefore any amended contracts should also reflect your working practices. It is clearly in all contractors’ interests to be viewed as ‘self-employed’, or at least for part of your income to be IR35-free. If you are able to diversify your business interests, or change
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Should you as a new and existing business build alliances with other businesses? As a new business this is a subject that we thought we should explore further. We are told that the best way to build your business is to join a network of likeminded business people and that you should build “relationships” with people that you “know, like and trust” and over the last three years, through employment and being self-employed, we have been to quite a few networks and met some great people but would we trust them enough to refer them to our current client base?
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We spend time with our clients and really get to know what they want to achieve and what they aspire to. This week we have undertaken our monthly catch up with the wonderful Claire Willicombe of Lillieum Design Ltd. We discussed everything with regards to her business and took the time to understand where she is at and where she wants to be. To find out more about Claire and her design business take a look at her website Lillieum Design Ltd
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Is amending your website as easy and straight forward as compiling your statutory accounts? No? We don’t think so either. That is why you should leave your accounts to us, to save you time. If you would like more information on our current and upcoming services please contact us on enquiries@seamountbiz.co.uk
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Here’s our new website, hope you like it!
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