Bizpro Ltd – Virtual Assistants

Wow, what a great week! Bizpro completed our first franchise training course and can now really welcome our new franchisees to their own Bizpro businesses. We had great fun over the four days and had fantastic feedback from the newest members of the Bizpro team…

One of the biggest things that separate big companies from their small competitors is the level of support enjoyed. Large companies are typically better staffed, which means they have the personnel necessary to perform a number of services that simply make big corporations look more professional to clients. Small business owners typically have to do all the work themselves or most of it. This leaves them scrambling and often looking less professional than they could. When it’s time to gain a big business advantage, even a company staffed by one can enjoy an edge if a virtual assistant is relied upon for help.

There seems to be one word on everyone’s lips at the moment; Budget. It’s something that affects us all, and this year we’ve been waiting with baited breath amid all the speculation, so here’s what BizBlog’s guest blogger, Phil Hendy of Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants based in Malmesbury has to say about it:

• Reduction in the rate of VAT from 17.5% to 15%. This is effective from 1 December 2008 and will revert on 1 January 2010.
• Personal tax allowance to increase to £6,475 for the 2009/10 year.
• Deferral of increase in lower rate of Corporation tax. Therefore the rate will remain at 21%.
• Trading losses will now be able to carry back losses of up to £50k for three years.
• The capital allowance regime on cars costing over £12k will be based on CO2 emissions from April 2009.