Why O2 sponsor business awards
10:33am Thursday 12th April 2012
TELECOMS giant O2 is once again sponsoring the Bolton and Bury Business Awards as it marks 10 years of business in Bury.
Thu, 17th May 2012
Bury Business
Samuels: Sovereign debt crisis - A good time to invest?
11:24am Thursday 22nd March 2012
Financial issues have hardly been out of the headlines in the last five years, ever since the credit crunch first came into the national consciousness, and the European sovereign debt crisis of the last two years has merely served to intensify the media coverage.
Samuels: Pensions reform set to have major impact
10:48am Tuesday 21st February 2012
New rules designed to resolve the UK’s pensions savings crisis are set to have a major impact on employers and employees alike when wide-reaching reforms take place later this year.
The importance of a long term investment strategy
1:39pm Tuesday 3rd January 2012
It is over 30 years since Margaret Thatcher came to power as Prime Minister, and one of the lasting legacies of her premiership was to popularise the culture of share ownership among the British people.
Diversification is the key to successful investment
9:01am Wednesday 16th November 2011
‘Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket”, or so goes the quote from Cervantes’ novel Don Quixote. And almost 400 years later, the sentiment is as true today as it may have been back then.
Ensure your pension pot lasts as long as you do
4:00pm Monday 17th October 2011
Samuels Financial: Once in a blue moon your local newspaper salutes a local resident who has reached the grand-old age of 100. Yet by all accounts, local papers may soon have to devote an entire weekly page to people living to 100 because we are living much longer.
Samuels Financial: A less taxing life in the sun
9:05am Wednesday 18th May 2011
It is estimated that more than 5.5m Britons have moved to live or work overseas in the past decade
Get financially fit
11:35am Friday 14th January 2011
However well intended, New Year resolutions can be a waste of time. There are the clichés such as joining the gym, quitting smoking and cutting down on alcohol consumption. Yet by the end of January, personal goals aimed at improving your lifestyle have often been hurled out of the window. Your gym kit along with your membership card remain packed in the bag in the closet, forever and a day.
New rules for VAT returns
11:28am Thursday 25th March 2010
THIS month Wendy Greensitt-Black of Bury-based Horsfield & Smith Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, looks at compulsory online filing for VAT and PAYE returns IF you have a business that meets the new rules for online VAT filing, then you will receive a letter from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) informing you of the changes.
Key honours for locksmith firm
11:27am Thursday 25th March 2010
A LONG-established Bury locksmith has found the key to success — twice over.