How to deal with an HMRC letter September 9, 2010 LETTERS have started to drop onto the doormats of Britons advising them that they did not pay the correct amount of tax through the pay as you earn (PAYE) system during the tax years 2008-10. Those affected are likely to be those with complex streams of income. The government argued that the state of the [...]
LIFE BEYOND BEYOND MANHATTAN September 9, 2010 LIVING among the skyscrapers of central Manhattan or the spacious brownstones of Greenwich village is often the British idea of New York living – in the same way that Kensington and Knightsbridge are every American’s idea of London. Yet New Yorkers in the know consider other boroughs, particularly Brooklyn and Queens, as clever and rather [...]
Take your very own bite of the Big Apple September 9, 2010 IN ANY job transfer abroad, top of the list of concerns is finding a place to call home. This is particularly overwhelming if your destination is New York: finding a cosy foothold in this concrete jungle can be a confusing affair. But rather than making a beeline for an estate agent, or realtor, as yanks [...]
FOCUS ON: CAMDEN September 9, 2010 BAYHAM STREET, NW1 Price: £925,000 This four-bed house is located between Camden Town and Mornington Crescent. It has been renovated to provide a home with master suite, an open-plan kitchen and a reception on the first floor. The house has a landscaped garden with a terrace and a balcony. Contact: Chesterton Humberts on 020 7267 [...]
PROPERTY NEWS September 9, 2010 HAMPTONS RELEASES IPAD APPLICATION Hamptons International has this week become the first UK residental estate agent to launch an app for the iPad. The app allows you to view high-resolution photos and floorplans for properties and to pinpoint the location of properties on a full-screen map. You can also use GPS to search for properties [...]
LETTING September 9, 2010 Q.My tenant emailed me to say she had pest controllers in to remove mice from her kitchen. This was the first I knew of a problem. She expects me to pay. Am I liable? A.As a general rule, if the problem was there before she moved in, then you should pay for pest control; if [...]
A spa in the home is the ultimate in luxury city living September 9, 2010 IN the past a health club was where you went to get pampered, a spa was a resort with natural springs and “wellness” was a hippy concept. Now that we’re both more health-conscious and luxe-conscious, however, spa facilities – meaning pools, treatment rooms, gyms, saunas, steam rooms and more – are a part of people’s [...]
Making millions from potatoes September 9, 2010 No one has ever written a book about how to make a million from a potato, but Will Chase could. The founder of Tyrrells crisps – the posh ones that brought the vegetable crisp to the tables of the upper middle class – has now turned his hand to vodka, made from the spuds grown [...]
Let your employees Chatter all day long September 9, 2010 SALESFORCE.COM launched a mobile application for Chatter, their “Facebook for business”, this week. An employer would not be alone if she baulked at the thought of her workers checking their friends’ status updates during the working day. Particularly when a study conducted by Peninsula, the employment law firm, has found that 233m hours are lost [...]
Q&A September 9, 2010 Q.I have a business idea. Do I need market research? A.Ideas are great but good businesses are built on finding a niche – and banks will expect to see why your idea is viable. Travers Clarke-Walker, product and marketing director for Barclays Business, says: “doing market research is a good way for a business to [...]
