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0 How to open a brokerage firm: what founders need to budget for 
Every founder who looks into how to open a brokerage firm eventually runs into the same problem: it is difficult to get a straight number. Ask five industry professionals what it costs, and you may get five different answers, ranging from tens of thousands of dollars to well over half a million. Both ends of this range may be accurate, depending on the path taken. Read More
Business
0 A Summer tax cut for families – and a big change in how businesses pay HMRC
It’s not often we get to open this column with genuinely good news from the taxman, so let’s make the most of it. This month, two developments worth knowing about: a temporary VAT cut that could make the school holidays a little cheaper for families (and busier for local attractions), and a proposal from HMRC that could change how every employer and VAT-registered business in the country pays its tax. Read More
Business
0 Your accounts are going public, unless you act
If you run a small limited company, you may have grown accustomed to a degree of financial privacy. For years, the rules have allowed smaller businesses to file what are known as ‘filleted’ accounts, essentially a stripped-back version of your annual figures, typically just a balance sheet, with no requirement to disclose how much your business earned or spent. For many owners, that privacy has felt like one of the few quiet perks of running a small company. Read More
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