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- Ebooks including ‘How to start a business in 20 days’ and ‘Digital marketing on a budget’
- Downloadable templates such as business plans, marketing plans and business proposals.
- Readymade finance spreadsheets including balance sheets, budget templates, cash flow statements and profit and loss accounts.
- Self employed tax calculator and corporation tax calculator.
- Informi’s monthly newsletter featuring the latest business news, insights and inspiration.
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I’m a Licensed Member looking for support to help me run my business
If you’re running your own accountancy or bookkeeping practice, Informi can help you in a variety of ways:
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- Empower your clients– We’ll enable the businesses you work to be more informed, organised, and efficient – helping to make your life easier.
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Informi is a free small business website brought to you by the Association of Accounting Technicians. The website includes:
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- Ebooks including ‘How to start a business in 20 days’ and ‘Digital marketing on a budget’
- Downloadable templates such as business plans, marketing plans and business proposals.
- Readymade finance spreadsheets including balance sheets, budget templates, cash flow statements and profit and loss accounts.
- Self employed tax calculator and corporation tax calculator.
- Informi’s monthly newsletter featuring the latest business news, insights and inspiration.
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I’m a training provider looking for business resources for my students
If you’ve got students who have expressed an interest in starting their own business, Informi is a valuable resource to help them on their way.
We have some text you can use to showcase Informi on your website:
Informi is a free small business website brought to you by the Association of Accounting Technicians. The website includes:
- Hundreds of step-by-step guides across key subject areas: starting a business, finance, business administration, managing people, marketing and sales, legal and technology.
- Ebooks including ‘How to start a business in 20 days’ and ‘Digital marketing on a budget’
- Downloadable templates such as business plans, marketing plans and business proposals.
- Readymade finance spreadsheets including balance sheets, budget templates, cash flow statements and profit and loss accounts.
- Self employed tax calculator and corporation tax calculator.
- Informi’s monthly newsletter featuring the latest business news, insights and inspiration.
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We’ve got a wide range of resources to help your audience improve their all-round business skills – especially those looking to start a business or already running one.
We’d love for you to spread the word by featuring Informi on your website and via your communications channels. Here is some text you can use when promoting Informi on your website:
Informi is a free small business website brought to you by the Association of Accounting Technicians. The website includes:
- Hundreds of step-by-step guides across key subject areas: starting a business, finance, business administration, managing people, marketing and sales, legal and technology.
- Ebooks including ‘How to start a business in 20 days’ and ‘Digital marketing on a budget’
- Downloadable templates such as business plans, marketing plans and business proposals.
- Readymade finance spreadsheets including balance sheets, budget templates, cash flow statements and profit and loss accounts.
- Self employed tax calculator and corporation tax calculator.
- Informi’s monthly newsletter featuring the latest business news, insights and inspiration.
Most businesses will be glad to see the back of 2022
It was a year that saw political and economic instability on an unprecedented scale. Whilst politicians fought over who should lead the UK in the post-pandemic world, small businesses faced record price increases and squeezed profits. Brexit’s impact on UK trade figures and businesses throughout the supply chain made things worse, and so did interest rate increases. No wonder business confidence was so low throughout 2022.
We can’t magic away these challenges in 2023 but we can offer insight and support to help you make the right decisions for your business. To that end, we asked 23 experts for their advice on how small businesses can better protect themselves from risk and make the most of opportunities in 2023.
Click the button below to get your free download of our ebook: 23 ways to make 2023 a whole lot better than 2022.
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Henry Cooper FMAAT BirchCooper Accounting Services
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