Winding up your company, Maximising health & fitness sector & More
Welcome to our May instalment, we’re approaching the summer months and lockdown measures have eased some more. In this month’s newsletter, we’re going to be looking at winding down your company with retirement in mind, maximising health and fitness sector profits, managing organisational changes and more.
CRM Commercial Manager helps Robin Preschool maintain a secure nest
Our Commerical Manager, Jessica Mason has been doing some invaluable work for the local Robin Preschool. Find out how she’s helped secure the nest (pun intended).
Winding up your company?
Those in a secure financial position might be thinking that they’d like to bring forward retirement plans and quit while they’re ahead.
How do you go about exiting from your business
Getting clients back to healthy fitness habits
Our Health & Fitness expert, Emma Bullock, shares her strategies for fitness providers to entice more customers through the doors.
Emma’s Advice: What can be done?
Managing organisational change
Identifying the need for change and being able to successfully make those changes can be one of the hardest business decisions to make.
Corporation tax is changing
The Corporation Tax will be increasing from April 2023 – a significant increase from 19% to 25%.
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Exit readiness: why it matters and how to prepare your business
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How the Thames Valley and Solent regions align with the government’s...
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