by Simon Baxter | Sep 28, 2022 | Business Updates
If you are an NI entrepreneur and have a business opportunity ready for funding, Catalyst is running an event in Belfast’s Titanic Hotel on Tuesday 18 October. It will give you the opportunity to pitch to a number of notable UK investors, all in one day. A...
by Simon Baxter | Sep 20, 2022 | Business Updates
A new recovery loan scheme has just opened which is a great opportunity for UK business to invest and grow. It offers loans up to £2m (£1m under the NI protocol because of EU subsidy limits). The scheme is administered by the British Business Bank and is backed by a...
by Simon Baxter | Sep 14, 2022 | Business Updates
No date has been given but “soon” filing company documents online will be an easier process. It will have these features: the ability to link your company to your WebFiling account to give you more control over your filings; the ability to digitally authorise people...
by Simon Baxter | Aug 30, 2022 | Business Updates
Talk is rife of a jobs bloodbath as businesses consider closing because of the energy crisis. Hotels are particularly vulnerable as they have to heat their building during the winter. Our clients are reporting that energy costs, which were 2% of turnover, are likely...
by Simon Baxter | Aug 24, 2022 | Business Updates
CIPD, the HR manager’s professional body, has criticised zero-hours employment contracts in a recent report. It found that the employer has more to gain from the arrangement than the estimated one million employees in these contracts. ...
by Simon Baxter | Aug 18, 2022 | Business Updates
It is well known that businesses using self-employed workers in place of employees have some advantages. At least twenty legal protections do not apply to the self-employed. Examples are unfair dismissal, holiday and sick pay, redundancy pay and statutory minimum...
