Current Issue: Autumn 2009
HMRC Budget Payment Plan
There are more than six months to go before the deadline for filing your tax assessment online so now could be a good time to set some money aside to pay that tax bill. To help, HR Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has set up a flexible Budget Payment Plan which means that you could set up regular payments by direct debit right now.
As well as the Budget Payment Plan, a self assessment customer can set up a single payment.
To learn more, visit www.hmrc.gov.uk
Team preaches value of waste to aid bottom line
Teesside University has launched the North East Industrial Symbiosis Network, a two-year sustainability scheme to help small and medium-sized firms use environmentally friendly ways to get their finances in shape.
The network aims to help businesses reduce CO2 by more than 250,000 tonnes and prevent 250,000 tonnes of waste going to landfill, making environmental savings as well as improving business profitability.
The project is being part financed by the European Union’s ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-13, securing £621,000 ERDF investment through development agency One North East to match the university’s contribution.
For further information about the North East Industrial Symbiosis Network project, call Teesside University on (01642) 342409.
Great North Air Ambulance - Goes Green
GNAAS has gone green - thanks to a pioneering and potentially lucrative recycling service.
To keep the fleet of life-saving helicopters airborne, the organisation has set up a door-to-door service for businesses in the North East and North Yorkshire.
It picks up and recycles all kind of waste including paper, cardboard, plastic, cans, shrink wrap, printer cartridges and even mobile phones.
Serving shops, bars, restaurants and offices across the region, collectors from the charity offer a pick-up service for waste that can be recycled for £10 a time.
In contrast to other commercial processors, the trading company helps small-scale independent businesses, and is willing to collect as few or as many items as necessary for the same price.
For more information, call 01325-307753.