Insights

Written by Founders for Founders.

Beauhurst: 2018’s biggest acquisitions 28 Jan 2019 Exit, Trends - Although investment slightly dropped compared to 2018, several UK business managed to raise substantial amounts, and these five were acquired for hundreds of millions of pounds.
The perfect pay package for your employees 18 Jan 2019 Employment - When you start a company, hiring good workers is simply necessary, while money is often a luxury. So how do you pay for the best talent on the market?
EIS Certificates have gone digital! 17 Jan 2019 Fundraising, Investment - Once you have filled your EIS form, you can sign it digitally and email to your investors. They will have to print it out and keep it for their records in case HMRC asks for it.
Pauline Prescott – CEO & Co-Founder of Frances Prescott 9 Jan 2019 Brexit - Pauline Prescott successfully launched and scaled two startups before starting a skincare company with her sister Frances.
Tax efficient remuneration using pension contributions 20 Dec 2018 Employment, Tax - Pension contributions can be a tax efficient way of increasing pay packages of your employees. With generous reliefs from the government they are a win-win.
Financial Model: What is it and how do I make one? 20 Dec 2018 Strategy - A well-constructed Financial Model can provide a comprehensive insight of how well a company is doing and what variables are involved in its performance.
How to benefit from Annual Investment Allowance 14 Dec 2018 Investment, Tax - From January 2019, businesses considering investing more than £200,000 in plant and machinery may benefit from a change to the capital allowances rules, which should allow them to obtain tax reilef at a much earlier time.
Paying mileage allowances tax free 14 Dec 2018 Bookkeeping, Employment, Tax - If the employee is travelling with a company car and the employer meets the fuel costs, this can be done tax-free as long as the costs don’t exceed HMRC’s advisory rates, which are updated quarterly.
Entrepreneurs Relief – What did the Budget change? 14 Dec 2018 Policy, Tax - Before the Autumn Budget, earlier this year, it was rumored that the Chancellor would scrap Entrepreneurs’ Relief. Eventually, this was not the case. However, the scheme eligibility criteria have been modified. Changes to the “personal company” criteria are effective from Budget Day, the extension of the qualifying period will be applied starting on 6 April 2019.
Employee vs Contractor, what’s best for your company? 7 Dec 2018 Employment, Strategy - Hiring talent is among the main priorities of most start-ups, especially as they start growing. And while finding the right fit for your business needs is hard enough, hiring workers involves different kinds of arrangements that eventually determine their relationship to the company and their impact on your success.
How To Choose A Legal Structure For Your Business 7 Dec 2018 Policy, Strategy - Starting a company, you have a variety of options to choose from in terms of the legal structure of the newborn entities. Each comes with pros and cons in the long and short term.
CFO or FC? What does your business need? 20 Nov 2018 Employment, Strategy - Financial Director and Financial Controller (FD and FC for short) often represent the senior role in the Finance department of a business. Whether an FD or an FC is necessary or useful is not always clear. The differences between the roles can be very confusing, especially for small businesses.