The 'sky's the limit' says ICB member, Paul Bloor, who has just taken on his first member of staff after just five months of trading. We spoke to him about his first client and his 12 month plan.... Read more... |
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ICB students and members save 5% on everything at Sainsburys
This month's featured ICBenefits retailer is Sainsbury's. Make sure you are making the most out of your membership by using your award-winning membership benefits scheme ICBenefits. Thousands of the most popular high street retailers and £1000s to be saved. |
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| ICB members paid more than non members |
The results of this year's Members Survey reveal that ICB members are weathering the economic storm and nearly all are getting paid on time and feel their membership enables them to get paid more. Watch our Youtube video of the results, or download the pdf....
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| Free ICB training for three members |
The three winners from the Members Survey prize draw have been awarded free ICB training in a range of CPD topic areas including Advanced Excel, Cashflow and Budgeting, and EU VAT. A whopping 85% of survey respondents said they were interested in further training...
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| New to ICB? Come and meet your peers |
 This year's new members will be named and congratulated at ICB's first Member Dinner on 7th November. The informal event will be the icing on the cake of the 2012 Bookkeepers Summit taking place that day, and students & members old and new will have a chance to get together with fellow bookkeepers in their area. ICB's events coordinator Mathini tells us why she's looking forward to the dinner....
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| Working Capital Management - Case Study |
In the latest of his series of Level IV tutorials, Head of Education, Dr Philip Dunn, talks about inventory control in regards to working capital management...... |
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The latest information about two topics that will be covered at this year's Bookkeepers Summit; Real Time Information (RTI) and Automatic Enrolment as the next 18 months see the most fundamental change to Pay As You Earn (PAYE) reporting....
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| New app calculates your tax and how it is spent |
The Government is today launching a free new tax calculator enabling people to work out how much tax they pay and how the Government spends it. The downloadable 'app' is a response to new figures that estimate over half of taxpayers (57%) do not know how much income tax and National Insurance they pay in a year, suggesting that many people find the personal tax system remote and confusing...
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| HMRC tackles tax dodging restaurants, traders and firms |
HMRC's latest taskforces are tackling tax evasion by market traders, taxi firms, and restaurants in specific areas of the country, and expect to recover £1.85m, £2.5m and £2m respectively. The teams will visit traders in London to examine their records... |
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| Grandmother involved in £55,000 tax fraud |
Two women from Newcastle upon Tyne, who didn't need an 'app' to help them with their taxes, have been sentenced for falsely claiming they were paying huge childcare costs to increase their tax credit entitlement. A childminder, who is also the grandmother of the children involved and helped provide false evidence, was also sentenced today. Former civil servant and mother of two, Suzanne Wilson (30), from Sunniside and....
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| Local hero jailed for failing to declare £2m |
An IT consultant who failed to declare almost £2 million of income, was jailed for 5 years today for tax fraud. Stephen Maxwell (53) was hailed a hero for rescuing fellow passengers in the 2007 Cumbria train disaster in 2007 which killed one passenger. An HMRC investigation showed he had paid no tax for 9 years before the crash....
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| Suspicious activities at Olympic Games |
SOCA has added an additional category to the SAR Glossary of Terms to cover fraudulent activities relating to the fast approaching London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Common London 2012 fraud includes mass marketing fraud and scam websites....
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| £200m of support for ambitious SMEs |
An innovative programme to help up to 26,000 of England's brightest businesses achieve their ambition and potential, as well as creating 55,000 high-value jobs has been launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable. GrowthAccelerator is available for companies with genuine potential for rapid...
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| Investment opportunities for smaller companies |
The Government is today asking for applications to manage £500 million of its investment available through the Business Finance Partnership (BFP). The BFP aims to ease the flow of credit to small and mid-sized businesses in the UK by diversifying their sources of finance and making them less reliant on bank lending. It is part of a £21 billion credit easing programme being taken...
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| Enterprise showcase gets royal seal of approval |
Business Minister Mark Prisk is urging the UK's most innovative businesses to put their names forward for a prestigious award from Her Majesty The Queen. Mr Prisk called for firms of all sizes to enter the Queen's Awards for Enterprise as he met with some of its winners at a showcase held in their honour at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)....
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Further news: |
| Pensioners targeted in £28m Investment scams |
| Fraudulent Family sentenced |