About: Alistair Wesson is director and business adviser at accountancy firm Tenon in the East Midlands. He is based in Nottingham
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Could your new building qualify for tax relief? - 02/07/2008
You'd never forget the desks or the people if you moved your business. So why would you forget about property tax?
MBOs in a cold climate - 19/05/2008
A year ago, management buyouts were a routine feature of the business landscape. But has the credit crunch changed all that?
Why P11d is a name you should never forget - 24/04/2008
July 6th is a date rich with centuries of historic significance. It's also the day when directors have to come clean about benefits-in-kind...
About: Dennis Kent is the President of the East Midlands & Mid Anglia branch of the Engineering Employers' Federation (EEF). He is also the Managing Director of sheet metal and laser cutting business Carlton Laser Services, based in Leicester.
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Why I'm uncertain about manufacturing uncertainty - 24/04/2008
Confidence is down, growth is slowing, yet orders are up and firms are positive. So what's going on in manufacturing?
About: George Cowcher is the chief executive of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, one of the biggest in Britain. A passionate champion of investment in transport infrastructure, he joined DNCC in 2006, having previously served as chief executive with the North East Chamber of Commerce. He has also held posts with regional development agencies in the South West and North East.
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Why we must put crime out of business - 28/04/2008
The Home Office doesn't produce any detailed figures about crime against business. If it did, they might show something worrying.
About: Kamal Dhutia is a committee member of the Leicester branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and a director of food packaging firm BI, in Leicester
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Bring back the environment of enterprise - 25/04/2008
If wealth-creating entrepreneurs thrive through ambition and risk-taking why are we tying them in tonnes of red tape?
About: Peter Featherby is a former Chartered Surveyor and property consultant with long experience of the property market in the East Midlands
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Trouble ahead in Eco Town - 02/07/2008
When people are on the march, what does 'the public interest' really mean in relatrion to the Government's Eco Towns?
Why Gordon can't afford to alienate us any more - 19/05/2008
Gordon Brown used to be the friend of businesses when he was Chancellor. Perhaps the local election results suggest he should stop alienating them
Those property market pitfalls - 24/04/2008
Setting the sale price of residential property isn't easy at the moment. There are reasons to suppose it wasn't so straightforward in the past, either
About: Richard Aitken-Davies is the newly-elected global President of ACCA - the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Based in Derby, he was also the Conservative candidate for the Derby North constituency at the 2005 General Election
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The golden rules of going it alone - 02/07/2008
May be the downturn is making you think it's time you went out on your own. Make sure you follow some golden rules first...
700 pages of business simplification... - 20/05/2008
It's going to be a busy spring for businesses, with a raft of new legislation affecting everything from tax to the way you run your company