Tax and Record keeping from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

It’s a Taxing Affair – for the self-employed
 Tax and Record keeping from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
 


Date:     22nd March 2012 (Thursday)


Time:    9.45 to 12.30 p.m. 


At:         PDT Westminster Enterprise Centre, 59 Elgin Avenue London W9 2DB


 


One of the two certainties in life is taxes. This is your chance to ask the taxman all those questions you ever wanted to know and learn about:
 


• Your businesses legal status/entity
• Ltd Co, sole trader etc. 

• How and when to register

• Income tax

• National Insurance

• VAT

• All the records you need to keep to stay legal

• Employing staff

• Where to obtain more free information


About your training:
The HMRC Business and Education Support Team are providing this workshop.  It will be fairly informal and delegates will be encouraged to ask questions.

This workshop is for businesses and residents that live in the borough of Westminster and is FREE.
 


Book today 
 


Call Kim Sadler PDT: 020 7266 0636

Four Business Information Points (BIPs)

Give your business the edge with the quality information you need...

Four Business Information Points (BIPs) across Westminster offer excellent resources for business.
The largest Business Information Point is at Westminster Reference Library. 


You will also find new Business Information Points at Church Street, Pimlico 

and Paddington Libraries.
All Business Information Points offer:

• A selection of books on starting a business, marketing, finance, taxation and business ideas
• Business opportunities and practical step by step advice on how to start and run your business from Cobra – the complete business reference adviser
• Market reports and industry overviews from Keynote, Cobra and Datamonitor 360 Marketline

• Grants and funding opportunities from Grantfinder, the UK's leading grants and policy database
• A database of products and services from Kompass Worldwide
• Online access to Experian for finding business contacts and company information and to create   mailing lists
• Online independent learning from Learning Nexus, ideal for small businesses with up-to-date courses on recruitment, health & safety, employment legislation and more
• Access to current and past news coverage via Newsbank and Library Press Display
• FREE internet access including Wifi
• Access from home or office to a wide range of high quality online resources for library members via the 24/7 Library
• The BIP at Westminster Reference library also offers:
• A wealth of back-up resources, including over 50 trade and financial journals, plus all major daily papers, with current and past news coverage via Newsbank and Library Press Display
• Access also to Mintel market reports, UK Tariff online and more
• A research & mailing list creation service for just £35.00 per hour 

email: bip@westminster.gov.ukbip@westminster.gov.uk 

Whether you are taking your first steps as a future entrepreneur, or have a well-established business and are looking for new ideas or current information, Westminster Libraries will be able to help.

An Introduction To Effective Selling Seminar

An Introduction To Effective Selling Seminar
For residents living in or have a business located in the Borough of Westminster
 

Can't Sell Yourself?

Grappling With Sales Problems?

Can't Afford Your Own Sales Force?

• Everyday Questioning Techniques
• Introducing Features & Benefits 
• Effective Communication For Winning Orders 
• Selling Vs Closing
• Five C’s Approach For Closing Cold Call Business

 

1. Every day questioning techniques (how to use everyday verbal communication tools to obtain business)
2. Introducing features and Benefits (how to give clients what they need not what you think they want)
3. Effective communication for winning orders (how to listen effectively and win orders)
4. Selling Vs Closing (you will learn how to qualify prospect into orders)
5. 5C’s (A direct sales tool for calming situations, controlling situations, collecting information, confirming orders, consolidating customers

Date: Monday the 20th February 2012
Time: 9.45 am until 12.30 pm
Venue: 59 Elgin Avenue, W9 2DB (entrance on Chippenham Road)

To Book please contact:
kim@pdt.org.uk
Tel: 020 7266 0636

ECO-OIKO Eco friendly products ...

ECO-OIKO Will be at Hampstead Market this Saturday 11th February 2012. 78 Hamptead High Street NW3 1RE 10am - 6pm!

They have just added a new page too their recently published web-site

http://www.ecooiko.com/shop/african-art

Check it out everyone!

Here we are in 2012!

Westminster Enterprise Centre would like to take this opportunity to wish all our clients a Happy New Year!

The Westminster Enterprise Centre has already started the year with a bunch of eager entrepreneurs at the successful 'Introduction to Self-Employment' seminar held here at the centre on the 5th Jan. 

For any Westminster resident wanting to explore the resources available to them for starting their own business our next seminar will be on Thursday the 12th of January 2012 at Pimlico Library BIP, Lupus Street, London SW1V 3AT. The seminar starts at 10am and will finish at 1pm.

If you would like to now more about business coaching, one to one business advice and live in the Borough of Westminster you can contact us calling 020 7266 0636 or email kim@pdt.org.uk.

Eco-friendly website set to launch

Posted by Janine Rasiah on Nov 14, 11 08:19 PM in News

Elephant dung stationary and handbags made from rubbish are among the eco-friendly products which will be available from a Westminster-based website when it launches this week.

Kavita Pursnani, 28, of Harrow Road, North Paddington, decided to set up her business Eco-Oiko from home when she moved to England in December last year.

She realised that there was a strong demand for ecological products which are something that she has been interested in for a long time, although in the part of the Canary Islands where she previously lived recycling was virtually unheard of.

She said: "We all need to realise that we have a responsibility to our environment.

"Making just a few differences can make a huge environmental and social impact."

Ms Pursnani has sourced a range of products from India, Denmark and Sri Lanka, most of which have a social impact as well as an environmental one, and has already started wholesaling in Spain.

She is particularly excited about stocking Retap, a Scandinavian designed durable glass water bottle which has won two design awards.

Eco-Oiko already has more than 90 fans on Facebook as the company has built up a following after Ms Pursnani showed some of her products at the London Green Fair in June.

Her dream is to have a concession in a big Oxford Street department store.

She said: "This year has been a learning experience and I'm very excited about what next year will bring."

Eco-Oiko has also been chosen as one of the 24 businesses which will be able to pitch to investors at the Business Startup Show at Earl's Court on Friday.

* The Eco-Oiko website will go live on November 18.

Kavita Pursnani is a client of the Westminster Enterprise Centre and is still receiving ongoing support to help Eco-Oiko become more successful.

http://www.westminster-enterprise.org.uk

Introduction to Self Employment Seminar

Introduction to Self Employment Seminar
Discover the safe way to start, grow, survive and thrive

If you are thinking of starting your own business it’s a good idea to think about what self-employment is really like.  This session gives you a realistic picture of what’s involved and what it all might mean.
During this session, we identify the myths and realities of self employment and give you a flavour of the lifestyle implications of starting up and surviving in business.
You will get the chance to consider whether you have the skills and commitment to make your start-up a success.  You’ll learn about:

1. Preparing yourself
2. Planning your business
3. Marketing and promotion
4. Employing people
5. Intellectual property
6. Sorting out your finances
7. Legal aspects
8. Tax and National Insurance
9. Finding premises
10. Insurance

We welcome the Regional Enterprise Manager NatWest Business Banking to this seminar.
This workshop is FREE and delivered by Laurie Bernard of PDT’s Westminster Enterprise Centre. The Centre offers free business advice to Westminster residents.

Date:         5th October 2011 (Wednesday)
Time:        10.00 to 12.30 p.m.
At:    Westminster Enterprise Centre, 59 Elgin Avenue W9 2DB (entrance on Chippenham Road)

Book today

020 7266 0636 or email kim@pdt.org.uk