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Finance and taxes in Great Britain
Financing growth in sales to Great Britain and understanding taxes.
Set up a basic record-keeping system
What you need to record and for how long, with step-by-step guidance on setting up your own system.
Review your import readiness
Import planning and strategy, product, skills and finance checklist.
Assess your skills and resources for importing
Finances, personnel and other resources for importing.
Exporting to Great Britain
What you need to know about exporting to Great Britain, and how you can get help targeting this market.
Record-keeping best practice
Good record keeping habits and the "four S" approach: system, separate, security, storage.
Financial considerations when exporting
Understand how exporting could affect your cashflow.
Challenges of exporting
Challenges of exporting include market research, export paperwork and financing.
Decide your approach to importing
Keeping importing simple by dealing with experienced exporters in developed countries and using agents
Plan your import objectives
Setting goals and deciding your import objectives.
Negotiate the right import deal
Negotiating the right import terms, planning ahead and reaching a clear agreement.
Purchase ledger
What to record in a purchase ledger to keep track of how much money you owe.
Wages book
The value of maintaining a wages book and how to manage it if you employ staff.
Digital financial records
Reasons for keeping computer-based financial records and how to choose bookkeeping and accounting software packages.
5 top tips for record-keeping
Record-keeping top tips to help you pay the tax you owe and keep an eye on financial activities.
Assess your skills and resources for exporting
Exporting demands extra time, money and skills.
What does importing involve?
Dealing with suppliers, controlling risk, handling import paperwork and foreign currencies.
Sales ledger
The basics of using a sales ledger to monitor the money coming into your business.
What should my record-keeping system include?
The legal requirements for a record-keeping system.
Getting ready to export
The key areas to research before you start exporting.