How Do You Handle Complaints?

  • Shaz Nawaz
  • August 29, 2018
  • 5 min read

I often have discussions with business owners about complaints. The reason for this is to understand how they address complaints. I believe that if a complaint is handled properly and professionally then it can change a negative situation into a positive one. I’ll share how I think complaints should be addressed: First of all – […]

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Employment Tribunal Claims set to rise again

  • Shaz Nawaz
  • August 29, 2018
  • 5 min read

Some of you may remember a blog some four years ago about the effect of mandatory Tribunal fees for employees bring a claim. The imposition of an ‘issue fee’ of up to £250 and a hearing fee of up to £950, both payable by the claimant meant that it was no longer possible for disgruntled […]

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How Important is Intention in the World of Tax?

  • Shaz Nawaz
  • August 10, 2018
  • 6 min read

“Taxation is a field in which your intentions may, or may not, be relevant.” If this sounds rather a cavalier – and perhaps not very helpful comment – it may be instructive to compare this to criminal law. The lawyers amongst you will know that generally, for a crime to be committed, there must not […]

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Tax Goes Digital

  • Shaz Nawaz
  • August 8, 2018
  • 7 min read

Keeping your records and making HMRC returns digitally is nothing new and for some time now HMRC has actively encouraged this.  Every individual and business now has access to their own personalised digital tax account and the stated ambition of HMRC is to become one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world. […]

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Who Bought Your Unsuccessful Products?

  • Shaz Nawaz
  • August 3, 2018
  • 4 min read

You may think that this is a bit of a silly question and that the obvious answer is ‘No-one –  that’s why they were unsuccessful!’ However – a study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology published in 2015 showed that the same group of consumers has an outstanding tendency to purchase all kinds of failed products, […]

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