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A guest blog by E-Comas Remember advertising in the old days? Marketing your brand and products used to be imprecise at best – you placed your adverts and then simply waited to see if sales would grow. Whereas now, with online advertising, we are blessed in being able to see …
A guest blog from Margin Business https://marginbusiness.com/ Online transactions have become an indispensable part of our lives. Even before the pandemic, eCommerce was growing in leaps and bounds. Then Covid-19 and the resultant lockdowns changed the world as we knew it. Online sales became a part of everyday life. The …
What, Amazon Might Owe Me Money? Yes, that’s right, if you are an Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) seller, you are probably owed FBA reimbursement for Amazon mistakes in handling your inventory. Why didn’t you know this? Well, it’s not that Amazon is trying to hide its mistakes, it’s just …
Are you thinking about selling your Amazon business? We’ve compiled a list of helpful tips and recommendations for eCommerce sellers who are looking to successfully exit Amazon. Read on! How to Successfully Exit Amazon? As capital keeps pouring into the Amazon marketplace, it proves its worth a serious endeavor. Aggregator …
We are now settling into the second quarter of 2022. This year, the Easter public holidays fall between the 15th-18th of April. Several key dates are public holidays in the United Kingdom. These are as follows: Friday 15th April 2022 – Good Friday Sunday 17th April 2022 – Easter Sunday Monday …
The UK has released its response to the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation. Find out what this means and how it will affect your business. In November 2021, following the COP26 Climate Conference held in Glasgow, the UK Government announced, ‘The Environment Act’, which set out to improve air …
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak this afternoon announced his Spring 2022 Statement from the UK Government. Within this announcement, The Chancellor affirmed the Government’s commitment to stand behind businesses in the UK. Boosting productivity and productivity within the UK is key to the Spring Statement, as are the plans to incentivise …
Today is the international awareness day of forests. The day was first proclaimed by the United Nations in 2012, to raise awareness of the importance of forests and to equally encourage all countries within the world to recognise the importance of choosing sustainable and ecologically friendly activities to preserve these …
Do you know how participation of the UK in the Amazon EFN program will affect your business? The start of 2022 has seen the announcement by Amazon that they will be reintroducing the European Fulfilment Network (EFN) between the UK and the EU. This service will be returning from 1st …
Find out how AVASK can support you to negotiate the best possible deal when exiting your business. 2021 had seen an exponential growth in e-commerce sales. With the pandemic opening consumers eyes to the ease and simplicity of online shopping, the demographic of online shoppers expanding, and many traditional brick …
New changes to European customs legislation could affect your business from the 1st January 2022 From the start of 2022, full import declarations will be required at point of entry into the UK, which applies to all goods being imported. 2021 saw the end of the easement using CFSP EIDR, …
Prepare your business for the new UK Plastic Packaging Tax legislation The UK’s new Plastic Packaging Taxes (PPT) could affect your e-commerce business if you are established in or importing goods into the UK from 1st April 2022. Following on from the launches of new EPR legislation in France and …
The US Tax Season is almost upon us, a time when individual taxpayers and corporations prepare their financial accounts and reports for the year ending and submit their tax returns. The US Tax Season will take place as usual between January 1st and April 15th, 2022. With the approach of the …
The French Tax Administration has announced that effective 1st January 2022, all import VAT will be mandatorily deferred to the French VAT return via the declaration of an import VAT reverse charge. So, what is import VAT reverse charge? The import VAT reverse charge is an existing mechanism in France, …
New restrictions in England aimed at limiting the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 are a ‘setback for businesses’ the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned. The new rules, require masks in most public places, including theatres and cinemas. In addition, people will be asked to work from …
The UK’s economy will grow more slowly than previously expected, according to the latest data from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The CBI cut its forecasts for economic growth to 6.9% in 2021 and 5.1% in 2022 from previous estimates of 8.2% and 6.1%. The business group said that …
A typical UK family will spend £1,700 more per year on household costs in 2022, according to a forecast for BBC Panorama. The analysis, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), projected that the inflation rate would rise to 4.6% by Christmas. This rise is mainly due …
A report published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has suggested that the gender pay gap ‘has barely shifted’ in the past 25 years. The business group found that the pay gap remains, ‘despite the fact that women are now considerably more likely than men to be graduates’. According …
If you or your business are selling goods in France or Germany, then the 1st of January 2022 is a significant date. New EPR legislation comes into effect that requires Producers to register for EPR and file EPR returns, and for online marketplaces to collect and validate your EPR registration …
As part of its Tax Administration and Maintenance (TAM) Day, the government responded to a two-part review of capital gains tax (CGT) published by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). Earlier this year, following a request from Chancellor Rishi Sunak, the OTS made a series of recommendations for simplifying CGT. …
The UK government has marked the inaugural Tax Administration and Maintenance (TAM) Day with the release of 30 papers covering a wide range of tax issues. Chancellor Rishi Sunak made the commitment to have a TAM Day in the Autumn Budget. The aim was for a dedicated day for the …
Optimism improved for firms across the services sector in the three months to November, according to the latest Service Sector Survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). However, cost growth continued to pick up, increasing at the fastest pace since survey records began in 1998. Additionally, business volumes continued …
Research carried out by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK has suggested that more than a third of manufacturers in the UK are struggling with rising costs, debt and business red tape. 40% of manufacturers surveyed said that they had consulted an insolvency specialist or are looking to do so in the …
House sales in the UK plummeted by more than half in October after the stamp duty holiday ended. There were nearly 77,000 transactions in the UK during October, a 52% fall compared to September, according to HMRC statistics. HMRC says this was down to buyers pushing through purchases before 30 …
Q4 is the most important time of year for any e-commerce seller, and it is already well underway. While for consumers the highlight of the quarter is typically the Christmas holidays, for retailers the crown jewel comes much earlier in the form of Black Friday and, to an increasing amount, …
There were 160,000 more workers on payrolls in October than in September despite the end of the furlough scheme, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Job vacancies also hit a record high of 1.17 million in the three months to October as firms continued …
The standard three-day waiting time for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) will be reinstated for coronavirus (COVID-19)-related claims from 25 March 2022, unless the government intervenes. Under standard rules in the UK, employers do not have to pay SSP to an employee until the fourth qualifying day in the Period of …
Are you looking to sell on Shopify or are you already trading there? Have you registered for Sales Tax? All sellers need to consider whether they need to register for local Sales Tax in each State they sell or have a physical presence in, if they are selling on Shopify …
HMRC has warned taxpayers completing their 2020/21 tax returns to ‘be on their guard’ and stay vigilant in regard to tax-related scams. Nearly 800,000 tax scams were reported in the last year, HMRC revealed. It said that fraudsters use self assessment to attempt to steal money or personal information from …
Over 300,000 people working for almost 9,000 Real Living Wage employers throughout the UK are set for a pay boost as the Living Wage rates. From 15 November the Real Living Wage increased to £9.90 across the UK and £11.05 in London. This is higher than the compulsory National Living Wage (NLW), which …
