Tax and Business

Health and safety policyThis must be the bedrock of your health and safety culture. It's a legal requirement in any event if you employ five or more staff, and it involves you putting together a written statement to set out how you will manage health ... Read more

Pregnancy and health and safetyAccording to research, 97% of pregnancy-related tribunal claims involve a failure to carry out a risk assessment. To make sure you don't fall into that category, use this checklist to keep your business out of tribunal. ... Read more

Acceptance of proposal to settle debtYou're in the middle of litigation with a court hearing pending. You've just succeeded in settling your claim with the other side. Use our letter to wrap things up and bring about a conclusion to your case.AdviceSet... Read more

How do we protect our company name?To ensure maximum protection for your company's name, you need to take a proactive approach - include it on all business correspondence and check the register at Companies House from time to time. ... Read more

How are business rates set?You can't escape business rates but you need to be sure you're not paying too much either! ... Read more

General fire safetyFollowing a change in the law on April 1 2006, fire certificates were abolished. Now you are responsible for carrying out a fire risk assessment in order to ensure your premises are safe. Use  his checklist to help you take the ne... Read more

How should we deal with planning and building regulations?Planning and building regulations are a fact of life and may serve to limit what you can do with your property. Work through this checklist to flag up the most important considerations. ... Read more

Hours of work, rest breaks and holidaysAll these areas are covered by legislation known as the Working Time Directive (WTD). Make sure you know what the WTD says and that you keep proper records so as to avoid getting into problems and disputes with ... Read more

CGT negligible value claimIf you own an asset that has become of negligible value, i.e. worthless, you can make a negligible value claim which entitles you to treat the asset as if it were sold for nothing. The effect of this is to create a capital l... Read more