The Making Tax Digital (MTD) agenda has been around since before the pandemic but the effects of Covid (amongst other things) have meant that its introduction has perhaps not been quite as plain sailing as HMRC might have hoped. Fortunately, NCF member Chas Milner of Accord Accountants is on hand to keep us abreast of […]
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Did you know that National Apprenticeships Week is celebrated each February? NCF member Claire Sutton has been working with apprentices for about 25 years so took the opportunity to give us an update. She has also written this helpful guide to essential information for employers and potential apprentices, along with lots of links to places
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Or: Printers’ jargon explained! NCF recently enjoyed a talk – well, it was more of a hands-on session, really! – from member Ainslie Chivers, the Print Lady. Ainslie brought in a range of recent projects she’s worked on so we could all touch, feel and see just how impactful print can still be in a
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NCF member, Belinda Butler of Pazzazz Me, was our speaker at a recent online networking meeting. Having ‘threatened’ to put us all through our paces on several occasions, what fitness and dance instructor Belinda actually gave us was a twenty minute ‘taster’ of one of her Movement and Mobility classes. These fairly gentle exercises are
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Networking Chandler’s Ford were pleased to offer a warm ‘virtual’ welcome to Tim Brock, our local area representative for the Federation of Small Business (FSB). Tim used his guest speaker slot at our recent online networking meeting to update NCF members on the many ways that FSB support smaller businesses. Did you know that the
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The top 5 benefits of Networking As a group of seasoned networkers, we are excited to be relaunching our business networking group here in Chandler’s Ford. We know from experience that networking works – sometimes quickly, sometimes in the longer term – but it works. The reason it works is because people are prepared to
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