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           <title>Uncertainty proves value of hedging your bets</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[My Moore and Smalley colleague, Graham Gordon, writes about how to make your investments work for you in these uncertain times.]]></description>
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           <title>Cuts are medicine we have to take</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[The £6.2billion in public sector spending cuts will be a bitter pill to swallow for those who are on the receiving end.]]></description>
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           <title>Act now to meet early retirement deadline</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[BUSINESS owners and entrepreneurs considering early retirement should act immediately if they want to avoid a long wait to dip into their pension pot.
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           <title>Cash will be king for businesses in 2010</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[We all want a return in demand for our products and services, but an upturn can be just as big a threat to a company’s future as a slump. Sounds crazy doesn’t it?

However, many businesses, despite being profitable, could be at risk of becoming insolvent if they have a shortage of what we call ‘working capital’. 
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           <title>PRE-BUDGET REPORT: Extra SME support welcome, but we’ll pay later</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[Alistair Darling’s pre-budget report was serious and business like, but pretty underwhelming and predictable. 

With an election just six months away he avoided some of the necessary but unpopular decisions with the Tories accusing him of staging a ‘pre-election con’ by increasing some child and disability benefits.
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           <title>Some pain inevitable from Pre-Budget Report</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[My colleague Rachel Marsdin, director of tax at Moore and Smalley, talks about what could be announced in the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report on December 9.]]></description>
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           <title>Are we seeing the return of the deal?</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[Read my colleague Rob Kenmare's views on the recovery of the corporate deal. 

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           <title>Are you aware of company law changes?</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[IF you are a company director you need to ensure you don’t fall foul of new laws introduced today as the final parts the Companies Act 2006 become law.

The Companies Act 2006 is one of the biggest pieces of legislation ever passed in the UK and represents the biggest overhaul of company law in over a quarter of a century. Its 550 sections have been introduced in three stages since the act was given Royal Ascent in 2006. 
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           <title>Be innovative to reward employees</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[<b>Judith Dugdale, director at Moore and Smalley Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, Kendal, explains how to reward staff in recession.</b>

FINDING ways to reward your staff when the chips are down isn’t easy. 

Many firms will have scaled back their employee reward schemes during the recession, but forward-thinking employers recognise the importance of offering a wide range of rewards and benefits to motivate staff and remain competitive. 
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           <title>Grass isn’t always greener for tax emigrants</title>
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           <description><![CDATA[THERE’S been lots of hype about the 50p tax rate, not least the impact it could have on entrepreneurialism.

Well now it seems that some of the hype may be justified. My colleagues in the tax department have reported a significant increase in enquiries from wealthy entrepreneurs considering moving abroad to side-step increases in personal tax.
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