Tax Doesn’t Have to be Taxing

Missed the 31 October deadline for tax self-assessments? Use Davenports, we file everything electronically giving you until 31 January 2010.

Find out more about our taxation and accountancy services.

Moving Paradigms Limited Testimonial

Ian Robertson - Director - Moving Paradigms Ltd, Oxfordshire

Getting a company logo, business cards, website and email address up and running was not something I had done before and Jason and the Davenports team helped make it straightforward and simple for me (a ‘non-IT’ person!). I am very pleased with the quality of what they have produced.

www.movingparadigms.co.uk

Transferring Business Accounts Between Banks

It’s easy to stay with the bank you chose when you started up in business - but switching your business account could help you get a better deal.

Increased competition between banks trying to attract small business customers, together with the development of telephone and Internet banking, means there’s a range of attractive packages available.

Moving your account should be more straightforward than before, with the agreement of many major clearing banks to make the process easier.

If you’ve had a business bank account for some time, are you sure you’re getting a good deal? If you’re not, how do you go about negotiating a better package with your bank or changing accounts?

Davenports provides clients with highly relevant information to help start, set up and run a Business. Here you will find advice and services from accountancy to help you grow your business (visit the accountancy start up page), through to a website presence and business stationery, all directly available to the business community.

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   Help with the payroll
   Help with tax, CIS or VAT
   Help with getting money from my clients
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Prince’s Trust Testimonial

Simon Fulford - Regional Director

“Dear Jason & Davenports Staff: What a fantastic, informative and easy to use website offering professional services. We are proud to have given you that initial startup support and glad that even now we continue to work together - this time you supporting us to help even more young people into education, training and work.”

‘Davenport Recommends’ Corporate and Personal Services

During our business life, our firm has come across invaluable services to help us grow, as well as gain legal and corporate knowledge. We would like to share this information with you and help you to make the right choices in personal and business matters.

When using any of our services, not only do you become part of our company, you become part of the Davenport Family.

Davenports is very different from any other business that you may have dealt with before. Not only do we try to look after your accounting, web or print and design needs, if any of our current customers need your services, we will promote you within our Davenport Family.

For example, we have many tradespeople and other professionals who are clients of Davenports. And, if during discussion with you, we find that you’re in need of, for example, an electrician, a plumber or a courier, we are expertly placed to recommend the right service for you.

We would like to share those links with you in the hope that they may be helpful to your business.

View our Useful Links page for more information.

We have also created a set of simple forms that you can fill out that will put you in touch with legal and professional services that we have personally experienced and are proud to recommend. These include:

• Lloyds TSB business banking for Berkshire and Oxfordshire
• Lloyds TSB business banking in London
• Castle Leasing - vehicle hire
• Blake Lapthorn - legal services

As you would expect from Davenports, all these forms are encrypted for your security.

Take care, from The Davenport Directors and Team.

eFXnet Services Limited Testimonial

David Abrehart - Director - Chichester, West Sussex

“Davenports’ bookkeeping services have been efficient and provided excellent value for money.”

Adjudicating on Opportunistic Company Name Registrations

There are some new rules that will apply under sections 69 to 74 of the Companies Act 2006 and will come into force on 1st October 2008. These will allow complaints to be made where a company has been registered with the intention of extracting money from the complainant or to prevent them from registering a name in which they have goodwill (”opportunistic registration”).

If you need any help ensuring that your company meets these guidelines, Davenports can help! View our company services page, or contact us for more information.

Company Names Adjudicator
Company names adjudicators will deal only with disputes about opportunistic company name registrations; that is, solely with applications (complaints) made under sections 69(1)(a) and (b) of the Companies Act 2006. These sections provide for complaints by businesses or persons who have a goodwill or reputation associated with a name and where that name (or a similar name likely to suggest a connection with the complainant) has been opportunistically registered as a company name by someone else with a view to obtaining money from the complainant, or to prevent the complainant from registering the name.

Company names adjudicators cannot deal with cases where someone feels that another company name registration is too similar to, or ‘too like’, their own company name but where there is no suspected opportunism behind the registration. These sorts of disputes or complaints are dealt with by Companies House .

No applications can be made before 1 October 2008. Any applications made prior to this date will be returned to the applicant.

A factsheet, including costs, has been produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office who will be operating the Company Names Tribunal and can be found by clicking on this link http://www.ipo.gov.uk/cna/cna-factsheet.htm

For further details and frequently asked questions on the October 2008 implementation click here.

Mood Interior Design Testimonial

Marc Peridis - Director - London

“Davenports have demonstrated a great amount of efficiency and professionalism. In a short period of time they have done everything from helping me out of difficult situations to help me get a better strategic outlook on my business! We couldn’t have shaped our success without their help.”

IPPS (UK) Limited Testimonial

Peter & Brian - Directors - Birmingham

“In the three years we have been dealing with Davenports they have always provided a professional service. However what makes Davenports different, is that they respond rapidly when your business needs immediate action to meet deadlines.”

Services for Directors and Owners

As a business director or owner it’s essential you can identify and meet the core skills your business needs to be successful.

These skills will be the same whatever business you run - whether you’re a sole-trading builder or you head a manufacturing company employing dozens of people.

There are intangible skills you will need, such as leadership skills, the ability to cope with long hours and hard work, and the inner resources to deal with stress and risk-taking. They also include strategy-setting and the ability to build and manage a team.

There are also functional skills that all businesses need. The smaller your business, the more of these skills you will need personally:

• finance - including cashflow planning, credit-management and managing relationships with your bank and accountant
• marketing - including advertising, promotion and PR
• sales - including pricing, negotiating, customer service and tracking competitors
• procurement and buying - including tendering, managing contracts, stock control and inventory planning
• administration - including bookkeeping, billing, accounts preparation and payroll handling
• personnel - including recruitment, dispute resolution, motivating staff and managing training
• personal business skills - including computer, written and oral communication, and organisational skills

To run a successful business it’s essential you recognise the limits of your abilities. So, as a business owner or director you also need the skill to know when it is best to hand over tasks to others by either:

• delegating
• recruiting
• outsourcing

For a quotation on any of our services please choose any of our departments to help your business grow: accountancy, web or print & design. Alternatively, you can simply get in touch.

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