At the date of this article corporation tax for SME’s is 20% but the chancellor has recently indicated that this could go lower ...to 15%. However the down side is that the rules on taxation on dividends has changed from this April and this has altered the point at which trading through a Ltd company merely to save tax occurs. However Ltd companies are more than just a tax saving vehicle are there any other reasons why trading through a Ltd company might be appropriate ? Lets

I take a light hearted look at the new Independance Day film and can see some lessons for business. I’m a fan of sci fi films. As I sat in the cinema the other day watching the new Independance Day film marvelling at the CGI I began wondering, how come we always win when the aliens have superior firepower, better technology more numbers etc ? As I watch the plot unfold it occurs to me that there are some parallels with how successful businesses operate and some lessons for u