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5 Ways to Handle Bad Debts

Debt Affects Everyone More and more families are saddled with debt nowadays. The average American family is in debt to the tune of $12,000, the average UK family to around £8,800 sans mortgage. Even students are getting affected, with those attending various courses having debts ranging from $8,000 to over $20,000. Businessmen are in no […]

When Markets Turn: 7 Ways to Batten down the Hatches

The bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble isn’t something new – or unique. There have been other inversions related to the money market before. The 1930s stock market crash, the reverses of 1975 and 1982, the 1987 debacle, the late 1990s dot-com speculation all follow the pattern of greed and fear, which some people say […]

Incorporating Your Business: Is This the Right Move?

Whether you run a small business from your kitchen all by your lonesome or you have an office somewhere else with a couple of people working for you, getting your business incorporated could be your wisest business decision yet as incorporation can protect your business and assets. If you doubt this little piece of wisdom, […]

Hiring IT Professionals: Full-Time or Temp?

The sudden boom of the IT industry created a demand for IT professionals that many were eager to fill. Nowadays, thousands of new university graduates from IT-related courses are competing for any given position in just about every state in the U.S. With such a massive available workforce, it has become an increasingly available option […]

Content Management: Are You Using the Right Software for Your Business?

More and more companies have been jumping on the trend of a customer-oriented business. Websites like Friendster, MySpace and YouTube are all testaments to the power and the allure of user-generated content. In order to succeed in such a content-intensive enterprise, you’ll need to integrate content management software into your business’ operations. You probably know […]

5 Must Do Tips before You Change Accounting Software

When it comes to technology, change is an ongoing process. You can never stay with just one type of computer/software or you’ll just get gobbled up by your more technologically updated competition. Therefore, should the time come for you to change accounting software, you should treat it more as an investment and not just as […]

31/10/2007
Mark
Accounting and Tax, Business Advisory Services
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Should you or should you not buy your equipment? Often at times, we are faced with the decision of whether to simply purchase the office equipment we need or lease it for the time being. Depending on your needs, there are upsides and downsides to both leasing and purchasing. Before deciding one way or another, […]

Let’s put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. […]

25/10/2007
Mark
Business Advisory Services, Business Consulting, General
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Employers have come to realise that one of the best things they can do for their business is to get feedback from their own people. While listening to customers’ suggestions and complaints is important, soliciting the input and ideas of employees can be priceless. What You Learn from Listening Your employees are your “contact people” […]

Firing employees: The right way and the wrong way

It’s very common nowadays for managers to resort to extreme measures such as firing employees just so the business or company can stay afloat. Then there is the other, more common reason for firing an employee. That is, when an employee has become a non-performing asset, a liability so to speak, he or she is […]