Bottomline
Summer 2012
It's 1:14pm on Sunday 20th May, 2012
Building a winning team: Coaching can boost your team’s performance
Correctly regarded as a powerful management improvement tool, coaching enables your people to significantly raise their game. Coaching is a specialist technique used by a trained person to help an individual achieve his or her objectives, solve problems, or improve performance through structured conversations. A good coach uses key skills including listening and questioning, building [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for academies
On May 17 2012
Patent Box
‘Patent Box’ is the government’s name for the new system of charging lower rates of tax on profits from patents. It applies to patents granted in the UK and Europe, including those granted before Patent Box is introduced. It does not cover other forms of IP such as trademarks and copyrights. Who does it apply [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Creative and Digital businesses, Tax
On April 11 2012
The New ‘Patent Box’ regime
On 6 December 2011, the Government published draft clauses for legislation to be included in Finance Bill 2012, and other tax updates. The draft clauses will be open to consultation until 10 February 2012. This included the issue of draft clauses for the new ‘Patent Box’ regime. Following extensive consultation, which included publication of consultation [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On February 14 2012
Appropriate Business Structures
Your business, personal and family goals along with your financial position, assets and liabilities should be taken into account in determining the most appropriate structure for the ownership of your business. It is important that the ownership of your business is structured in a manner that protects your assets and that ensures your hard earned profits [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On January 10 2012
Digital & creative business: Increase your chances of investment
David Smith, Investment Director at AXM Venture Capital Limited, manager of The North West Fund 4 Digital and Creative sets out some of the important criteria he looks for when digital & creative businesses approach him for investment from the fund.
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On December 1 2011
Recent investments made by the North West Fund 4 Digital and Creative
David Smith, Investment Director at AXM Venture Capital Limited, manager of The North West Fund 4 Digital and Creative has been keeping Richard Hall updated on recent successes
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On November 10 2011
Protecting your lntellectual Property Rights
lf you want to raise external finance to grow your technology business, it is vital to ensure that your lntellectual Property Rights (lPR) are properly protected. Key questions At the outset, you need to ask the following of your business: -Does it actually own the IPR it may think it owns? -Is it entitled to [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On August 18 2011
Raising finance to grow a technology business
Do you need to raise external finance to grow your technology business? If so, it is vital to do all you can in advance to maximise the value of your business and there are several key areas to focus on: Projections Given that investors will be looking at the ability of the business to generate [...]
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Richard Hall
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Advice for Creative and Digital businesses
On July 20 2011
