Whether you are a budding entrepreneur, a growing small business, an artist who wants to raise your game or a social entrepreneur looking to make a difference in your local community, one of the biggest challenges is raising the much need capital for your business or project.
It’s no revelation that it is near impossible these days for start-ups and small businesses to raise funds from banks and other traditional financial institutions. So, let’s not bother with that one!
I had one of those ‘life-changing experiences’ recently. I was in Nigeria a few months ago, my first time in that interesting country since I got married. I took a big risk leaving my heavily pregnant wife as her due date was fast approaching. Any doctors who knows their onions will tell you that due dates are bonkers; baby could come before or after! I risked missing the birth of my first child! Chao!
I was running financial seminars in Lagos but I thought I will pop into ‘the village’ to say hello to my parents. So off we went on Lagos-Benin Motorway. Half way through the journey, we found ourselves in the middle of an armed robbery attack! Read more
There is battle currently ragging in the media – the Government plans to withdraw tax relief on charitable donation in excess of £50,000. Some ‘experts’ think this is a good idea. However charities think this is going to send the wrong message to large donors and will invariably to a reduction in charitable donations.
Thanks to the Easter Holidays, the new tax year might have snicked in without you really noticing it! Little wonder why this is coming a few later that you might expect.
The 2012/13 tax year started on the started on Good Friday (6th April 2012) and runs until 5th April 2013. Someone observed that ‘these days, you can’t walk down the street without being taxed for something.’ Funny but here are a few things you really should take note of…
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