Edinburgh City Council is reportedly set to outsource its waste and cleaning services to a third-party provider, which is currently undergoing a major restructuring.According to the Scotsman, the local authority is poised to hand the contract to Lancashire-based firm Enterprise, owned by private equity firm 3i. The company announced earlier this year it had sold its debt to a consortium of financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Angelo...more
Newly released figures show that retail companies have ramped up their pending on IT in recent months. According to a report by Computer Weekly, businesses in the retail, manufacturing, telecoms and media sectors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), spent more on IT outsourcing over the first three financial quarters of 2011 than in the whole of 2010. Retail firms, in particular have turned to outsourcing specialists in order to...more
Small businesses have been advised they could be set to benefit the impending closure of a tax loophole, after it was revealed hundreds of millions of pounds in VAT revenue is being lost each year. The coalition has confirmed that Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR), which exempts low-value exports from the Channel Islands from VAT, will end next April. The measure was originally introduced in 1983, but estimates suggest it now costs the UK taxpayer around 140million annually. These reforms will ensure that UK companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, can compete on a level playing field with those larger companies with the resources to set up operations in the Channel Islands, said Exchequer secretary to the Treasury David Gauke. We are also protecting a significant amount of tax revenue. While the government of Margaret Thatcher believed LVCR would provide an overall saving by eliminating the administrative costs of imposing VAT on cheap imports, the rapid growth in online retail has resulted in a major VAT loss to the Treasury, as well as putting mainland businesses under pressure. Jerseys minister for economic development Alan Maclean reacted with disappointment...more
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the government to act and help small firms to cope with sickness absence costs.Data gathered through the organisation's Voice of Small Business survey found that last year sickness cost small firms 1,500 on average, with 9% of respondents saying it cost them more than 5,000 in the past 12...more
This package is recommended as Small Business ERP however there are consultants who are also recommending it for lower mid-market where business processes might be complex. SAP B1 has such modules as Production often referred as discrete manufacturing, Warranty Contracts, Client Relation Management and Humane Resource beside standard set of General...more
The role of folders is growing at a fast pace. Today the office presentation folders are even used to give a touch of class for an organizations quotation and its business proposal. Therefore it is believed that quality presentation folders can enhance a companys image and increase the response rates by customers. Almost every single office uses folders. Folders are of many shapes and sizes. One of the most common type of folders found in offices all around the world are the A4 presentation folder. They are used to keep the A4 sized papers in it. Usually the A4 folder printing is done by the digital printers so that the quality of the folder is good and can keep papers safe for a longer period of time. Almost all the documents used in an office are of A4 size. When these documents are to be presented to a client or customer, these folders are used. It is understood that every company has some information which has to be passed on to the client. This information is usually delivered using the presentation folders. But these folders are not just any presentation folders; they are used for promotion too. Full color presentation folders are perfect promotional tools which can easily...more
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Traveling isn't always pleasurable. It's not always about rounding up the family and piling them in the station wagon for the yearly trip to the amusement park. And even then, it sometimes feels more like work than rest. But traveling is also a big...more
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Everywhere you go these days you can find people that are using at home businesses to change their lives for the better. There are many reasons why so many lives are being changed by businesses from home. You need to learn the reasons that a business...more