Student Volunteering Week 2020 enters its 20th year, let’s make it the best yet! During its lifetime this event has broadened horizons and enriched students and the people that they have interacted with many times over. This event aims to celebrate the positive impact of today’s student volunteers and encourages students to engage in civic life. Student Hubs and the National Union of Students (NUS) are supporting the Student Volunteering Network in delivering the campaign.

Fans of real bread will be delighted, and our local bakeries will too, but what is real bread?
The Real Bread Campaign was established in 2008 and continues this year, the organisers believe that there are only four ingredients in real bread flour, water, yeast and salt other ingredients may be added, sesame seeds, poppy seeds etc so long as they are natural.

Much is said about Mental Health in general in today’s media with personalities as elevated as the Royal Family taking an active roll in promoting greater understanding and acceptance of Mental Health issues and especially those of children and young people.

Children’s Mental Health Week runs from Monday 3rd February until the 9th Feb.

Which printed products are you considering purchasing for your business? It can be hard to know where to start when building a new brand but it’s not impossible! The main thing is to do research into what others in your industry purchase. Once you have an idea on that, every product you buy is an asset!

Who will you support? England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Italy or France? Die-hard fans will roar their support for the team closest to their hearts in this gladiatorial event – Rugby’s Greatest Championship!

The most important aspect of a business isn’t simply the amount of money it makes! Cashflow is obviously key to survival and your clients need to buy your services, and a business needs to make a profit – but there are many other factors in how the business is perceived that can help you succeed and be sustainable!

In recent years, the stock market has had its ups and downs, the public are losing confidence in pension funds as a means of saving for the future and investors are increasingly looking at the UK property market. Buy to let has proved over the long-term to be a very successful investment, this involves investing in property with the expectation of capital growth with the rental income from tenants covering the mortgage costs and any outgoings.

You may be aware that recently HM Revenue & Customs have announced and implemented many changes to legislation making owning Buy-To-Let properties less profitable and generally more difficult to operate.

We feel that we can use our extensive knowledge and expertise to assist you in, not only understanding the rules and how the changing landscape impacts your business but also help you to be more profitable by utilising all taxation efficiencies and ensuring your business structure is set up to withstand increased legislative burdens.

Under the old regime, you would only pay income tax on your net rental income, or profits. In other words, you'd first deduct the interest from the mortgage on your rental property, as well as any other expenses incurred throughout the year.

When you are ready to replace your mattress, what do you do with your old one? Probably take it to a landfill site where it gets dumped in the ground with the rest of the rubbish.

What if we told you that you can do your bit to save the planet and become more Eco-friendly by simply recycling your mattress?