Employ your teenager to help out in your business between the hours of 7am and 7pm and the wage they receive will qualify for tax relief. It is legal to employ children over the age of 13 providing they are undertaking light duties in the following specified occupations:

• Agricultural or horticultural work
• Shop work including stacking
• Hairdressing salons
• Office work
• Domestic work in hotels or other establishments offering accommodation
• Café or restaurants

To find out further information about being tax efficient please ring Janice on 01474 853 856 or alternatively email Janice@stephen-hill.co.uk

Do you have a plan? 

New research has identified that the majority of small business owners are in fact “accidental entrepreneurs” and stumbled into the set up of their company without any formal plan. The study undertaken by Panasonic Business systems has discovered that 54% of SME owners start up with no business plan.

Having the freedom and flexibility to go it alone were the major factors that people identified to setting up a new business.

This is an area that Malcolm specialises in providing help with. For details of the full day A4G strategic planning session called “Where are you going and how will you get there?” email Cheryl@stephen-hill.co.uk

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. "

Henry Ford