25th November 2009 08:30 to 13:30 @ Claydon County House Hotel

Join us for “Bacon Butties,” networking and tips on improving your business

09:10 Icon Consultants – Recruitment, past, present and future

09:45 Essential IFA – The importance of an exit plan

10:20 CerTax Accounting – Pre-budget report (PBR), what it really means for you

Networking & refreshments

11:50 Shergroup – Enforcement for Accountants

12:30 ActionCOACH – 7 keys to business success

RSVP to jan@certax-east.co.uk

Venue:

Claydon Country House Hotel, 16-18 Ipswich Road, Claydon, IP6 0AR

Did you know that …

• A survey by communications giant Orange found that 62% of staff working for firms with more than 1,000 employees would be prepared to work flexibly to aid their firm’s chance of survival during the recession.

• From 1 October 2009, the limit on a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating a statutory redundancy payment will rise from £350 to £380.

Although redundancy may seem inevitable to some organisations, there may be other options.  Private sector firms including KPMG, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB and Ryanair all opted to reduce working hours or implement pay freezes earlier this year in a bid to save jobs and hang on to key talent and both Nissan and Honda have cut production and brought in short time working.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants predicts that the UK economy will grow by 0.5% in the third quarter of 2009 and confidence in the economy is rising so it may not be the best option to lose skilled employees that could be costly to replace as things improve.  Short time working or layoffs can be effective in handling temporary work shortages and adverse trading conditions without having to resort to redundancy.

However, many businesses do not have a clause for this in their contract of employment which can make this area a legal minefield.

Come to our FREE Employment Contract briefing on Thursday 26th November at Basepoint Ipswich, Ransomes Europark to find out more about this and other common employment contract pitfalls.  Enjoy a buffet breakfast and networking opportunities from 8am before the briefing starts at 8.30am, finishing by 9.45am.

Following the briefing, we are offering an Open House HR surgery.  Book a FREE 10 minute appointment to speak to an HR expert for a one-to-one discussion.  Why not bring your organisation’s contract of employment along for a quick review?

To book your place please email contact@pds-hr.com or call 0800 907 1015 specifying whether you would like to attend the briefing, surgery or both.  Places are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

For more information about Pinnacle and the services they offers go to www.pds-hr.com

Credo have just received so fantastic new discounts on the following manufacturers.

Vauxhall-Fiat-Subaru-Isuzu and Alfa Romeo

Whether you are buying for cash or looking at different finance options please give us a call for the best rate and best overall deal.

call Simon or Glen on 0844 3916979

www.credofinancialsolutions.com

We have just recived our new rates today for finance !

Please give us a call to see how much you or your company could save the next time you need finance for any asset purchase.

Call Simon or Glen  for a quote

 ”The one call could save you ££££ ”

0844 3916979  Or Email simon@credofinancialsolutions.com

Good evening Cobbold members

In  my 10 minute presentation last week I invited you all to come along to our Opportunity Presentation this week. It will be held at the Holiday Inn, London Road, Ipswich this Thursday 29th – 7.30 for 8pm, finish at 9pm.

This is an excellent opportunity to get a better idea of what the Utility Warehouse opportunity can offer, which should make it simpler to recognise colleagues or other contacts that might benefit.

I look forward to meeting as many of you there as can make it. If you know anyone else you think would like to have a look, please do either bring them along, or suggest they come along, and ask for John.

Thanks

John

We have just received a fantastic new deal on Audi A5 sport 2.0TDI this executive sports car can be yours for as little as £394+vat per month business users only please call for a quotation and full terms and conditions

the car comes as standard with 18 inch alloy wheels leather sports seats sport suspension.
the 170bhp engine has an impressive 55.4 mpg combined 134 g/km making it a very affordable sports car on company car tax.

This car normally retail for around 30 K !

Based on 3+35 10k p/a business users only subject to status terms and conditions apply business contract hire quoted personal quotations available on request

Credo Financial Solutions reserve the right to pull this off without prior notification.

For more information, call Simon or Glen on 0844 391 6979