Nearly every established business has an accountant. At the very least, you should pay a qualified accountant to prepare or review your financial statements and taxation returns at the end of the fina

Awards or Agreements will usually stipulate that “ordinary hours” consists of a certain number of hours that can be worked on any one day and the “spread” of hours between which these ordinary hours c

Do you have what it takes?

Many new business people don’t realise how much commitment and dedication it takes to be a business owner.

To be in control of what you do for a living sounds good, but th

Many small business owners are often intimidated by the thought of putting their businesses online. Others just quickly throw a site together just so they can say they “have a Web site” and then do no

Before making any decisions on whether to build a Web site or not, you have to define the difference between need and want. If you just fancy the idea of launching your business into cyberspace, just

Most of us who are in business get a ton of spam. It’s not unusual to get up to 100 unsolicited e-mails a day… and that’s a drop in the bucket compared to what many people receive.

Many people try

It is important that your business keeps an effective costing system to ensure your prices (and cost management) are accurate. Even simple records can make your costing system more efficient and easy

When a business is bought out by another company, there are more changes to the business than just the owners.

Even though the new organisation provides the same service at the same price, it will ne