Business121 Small Business Newsletter #15

In this week's Business121:

1. The essential contents of a Marketing Plan
2. Top 10 tips for choosing a business domain name
3. Handy Self Assessment software
4. Section 660: Guidance note on the settlements legislation
5. What Limited Companies need to send to Companies House
6. Small Business Form Filing - surely one is enough?
7. Student website entrepreneur threatened with sabotage
8. Government now biggest employer of IT contractors
9. Fee changes for ebay UK shop merchants

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The Essential Contents Of A Marketing Plan
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Every marketing plan has to fit the needs and situation but
there are standard components you just can't do without.
A marketing plan should always have a situation analysis,
marketing strategy, sales forecast, and expense budget.
http://snipurl.com/_MktgPlan_Essentials

Top 10 tips for choosing a business domain name
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Here are our top tips to follow when you’re deciding on that
all-important domain. Lots of small businesses have tripped up
when it comes to domains so follow our guidelines to tread a
safe path.
http://snipurl.com/_Choose_Domain

Handy Self Assessment software
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Most of the eight million people who have to file a Self
Assessment form find it is every bit as complicated as it looks.
We've come across a handy bit of software that may well take the
pain out of completing your return - particularly if you have a
large number of transactions to include.
http://snipurl.com/Self_Assess_software

Section 660: Guidance note on the settlements legislation
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The six main UK representative bodies involved in tax have issued an updated guidance note (PDF) to help tax advisers and their clients with their tax returns for the year ended 5 April 2005. This is to assist with self assessment in light of the Court of Appeal decision in the Arctic Systems Limited case (Jones v Garnett), where the Court found in favour of the taxpayer but which is now being challenged by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
http://snipurl.com/_Section660_guidance

What Limited Companies need to send to Companies House
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When setting up, and running a UK company, company directors and the company secretary are responsible for sending information to Companies House, to ensure that the Registry is up-to-date. This may include changes in company details, or submission of accounts.

Although there are literally hundreds of forms that may at some time or another be submitted to Companies House, these are the key ones.
http://snipurl.com/_Ltd_Co_requirements

Small Business Form Filing - surely one is enough?
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John Redwood is looking to make life a little easier for the harassed company accountant and secretary and is saying, ‘one return is enough’. Limited companies currently have to supply the same information to HMRC and Companies House but Redwood is aiming to end this duplication.
http://snipurl.com/_One_Return_enough

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SMALL BUSINESS NEWS
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Student website entrepreneur threatened with sabotage
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Cyberspace blackmailers have sabotaged the website that earned a British student entrepreneur more than $1 million in advertising sales, according to The Times.
A criminal gang, suspected to have links with the Russian mafia, is demanding $50,000 (£28,200) to call off an attack that yesterday caused the site to crash.
http://snipurl.com/_Homepage_hostage

Government now biggest employer of IT contractors
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The Government has more than doubled its share of usage of freelance IT consultants over the last two years to become the biggest employer of IT contractors in the country, reveals research by giant group plc, the contractor services provider. 27% of all the IT contractors in the UK now work in the public sector.
http://snipurl.com/employ_ITContractors

Fee changes for ebay UK shop merchants
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ebay UK has announced changes to the fees charged to "ebay shop" merchants. The insertion fees are lowered, but the final value fees have been increased.
http://snipurl.com/_eBay_fee_changes

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