At Jonathan Ford & Co
we service all types of clients
but also love working with the
specific needs of the creative industry.
We have 15 years of experience
helping those in TV and Film, theatre,
Advertising and design.
- Self Assessment
- Company Accounts
- Tax Advice
- VAT
- Payroll
- Company Secretarial
- Company Incorporations
- Management Accounts
- Tax Enquiries
Useful Business Links
- Accountancy Related
- Businesses For Sale
- Business Start Up Advice
- Creative Thinking
- Debt Collection & Management
- Employment Related
- General Business Assistance
- Grants
- Health & Safety
- Imports and Exports
- Information Technology
- Law
- Local Directories
- Marketing
- News
- Pensions & Investments
- Raising Finance
- Stockmarkets
- Training
Accountancy Related
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants Of Scotland
- Institute Of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Institute of Financial Accountants
- Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants
- Association Of Accounting Technicians
- Chartered Institute Of Taxation
- The Association Of International Accountants
- Institute Of Internal Auditors
- Audit Commission
- Accounting Web Designed for the accounting community to provide accounting information.
Businesses For Sale
- Businesses For Sale.com
- Start in Business - businesses for sale
- Daltons
- Nationwide Businesses
- Business Sale Report
- Startups - businesses for sale
- Businesses for sale
- Christie & Co
Business Start Up Advice
Wide ranging commercial small business advice sites with stacks of free advice...
- Start Ups
- Start In Business
- BizHelp 24
- Smallbusiness.co.uk
- Start Your Own Business
- Newbusiness.co.uk
Other useful start up sites...
- Business Link Advice for businesses from the DTI Small Business Service.
- HM Revenue & Customs Advice from Revenue and Customs on business start up issues.
- Shell Livewire Shell Livewire assists people aged 16-30 wanting to start up their own business.
- Princes Trust Independent help for 16-30 year olds in developing their own business.
Creative Thinking
- Thinksmart.com
- Mindjet.com Mind mapping software
- Enchanted Mind
- The Daily Motivator Thought for the day, have it emailed to you every day.
- Motivational Moments
Debt Collection & Management
- Her Majesty's Courts Service Money claim online.
- Better Payment Practice
- Biz24 Debt Collection Advice
- Insolvency Service
- Citizens Advice Guide To Debt
- Consumer Credit Counselling Service
- National DebtLine
Employment Related
- Department for Work & Pensions
- Bank Holidays
- British Employment Law
- Employing Older Workers (Business Link)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission
- Directgov Employment Rights
- Flexible Working
- ACAS
- Employment Tribunals Online
- Trade Unions Congress
- DirectGov The official government gateway to services online
General Business Assistance
- Federation Of Small Businesses The leading political lobby for British small business.
- Department for Business Innovation & Skills
- British Standards Institute
- Companies House
- British Franchise Association
- Institute Of Directors
- Confederation Of British Industry
- British Chambers
- Trade Association Forum
Grants
Health & Safety
- Health & Safety Executive Government health & safety advice.
- British Safety Council
- Health & Safety Books
- First Aid At Work
- DTI Health & Safety Indicator
- Watch Your Step
Imports and Exports
- HM Customs and Excise uktrade info site Authoritative and up to date knowledge on UK imports and exports.
- Export Credits Guarantee Department The UK's official export credit agency.
- British Exporters Association
- Institute Of Export
- Biz24 Import/Export Advice
- Link 2 Exports
- UK Trade & Investment
Information Technology
- Microsoft Knowledge Base A searchable technical support database that will help you when things go wrong with Microsoft products.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Download.com Great download site.
- ZDNet Downloads For FREE software downloads.
- WinDrivers One-stop source for device drivers, anti-virus updates and security patches.
- PC World The online store
- Winzip The zip file utility for windows.
- PC Mechanic Reference site for PC users.
- Get Safe Online Protect yourself against internet threats.
Law
- Online UK Legislation The full text of all new Public General Acts since 1988 are available via these Web Pages and updated regularly.
- Law Society Of England and Wales
- Law Society Of Scotland
- Office Of Fair Trading
- Trading Standards
- Data Protection/Freedom Of Information(Information Commissioners Office)
- Lawyers For Your Business A network of 1,200 solicitor firms in England and Wales offering free half-hour consultations to small businesses.
- Law on the web Online legal advice and resources.
- Intellectual Property Office Responsible for Intellectual Property (Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trade Marks) in the UK.
- The UK Competition Commission
Local Directories
Marketing
- Marketing Law
- Chartered Institute Of Marketing
- Direct Marketing Association
- Academy Of Marketing
- Direct Selling Association
- Advertising Standards Authority
- Royal Mail
- Marketing UK
- Marketing Survival Kit
- Cardell Media Strategies to grow your business.
- eCustomerServiceWorld
For marketing lists...
News
- Financial Times
- Daily Telegraph
- Times Online
- The Guardian
- BBC
- ITN
- Sky News
- Reuters
- thisismoney.co.uk
- Number 10 News straight from the horses mouth
- Bloomberg Premier financial news.
- Accountancy Age News from the accountancy profession.
- The Economist
- National Statistics Office Home of official UK statistics.
- The Sun!
Pensions & Invesments
- Financial Services Authority
- State Pension Forecast
- Pension Calculator A tool to help you work out how much retirement income you might receive from what you save.
- The Pension Service (Dept for Work and Pensions)
- Pensions Ombudsman
- Stakeholder Pensions
- Beginners Guide to Pensions
- Money Supermarket Price comparison for all sorts of financial services products, for savers and borrowers.
- Endowment Redress Which website on endowmnet mis-selling
Raising Finance
- British Business Angels Association
- British Venture Capital Association
- Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme
- Mortgages for business
Stockmarkets
Training
- The Open University
- Department for Education
- Investors In People
- Apprenticeships
- Learn Direct Distance learning, online courses, computer courses and adult courses.
- Training Zone
