Today is the start of a new tax year and yesterday Stephen Paul from Vauled accountancy delivered a training session to MINT members highlighting some of the key changes. The chancellor gave his spring statement on March 23 - setting out changes and potential changes...
When you go self employed, no one sits you down and explains to you how you prepare or submit your personal tax return. We asked our Holly, who's never had to submit a return, to do a bit of research and try to come up with a simplified way of explaining what we need...
March was all about getting settled! We at the new MINT Business Hub were getting settled into our new building. Holly was getting settled into their apprenticeship after finishing Kickstart and our MINTie tenants have settled into the building. In the Hub For the...
One of MINT Business Club's sponsors, NEL Fund Managers, has announced a new programme that's set to boost the North East's low-carbon agenda. The Net Zero Changemakers programme is designed to identify and support innovative businesses across the North East Local...
Yesterday, we welcomed MINT members to our brand new business hub for the first time. It was exhilarating and emotional. In the excitement, I forgot to bring the projector so I couldn't show our members the progress we'd all made. So here it is. Member and friend,...
We all want results in our businesses. Whether that’s more leads, more sales, bigger margins, better profits, we’re all in business because we want to achieve. But do we all know (and not just guess) how we get our results? How do we know what actions and activities...
We're beyond thrilled to finally announce, officially (like we'd even tried to keep it secret!), that we have moved into a new premises in Consett, creating a Business Hub for the self employed and small business owners in the North East. With many thanks to MINT...
Being a small business owner is hard enough. Add being a woman to that and it becomes so much more difficult. It all begins with the assumption of what you sell, the idea that women who are self-employed can only sell “low value” and “stupid” items such as crafts and...
Last month, I hosted MINT Business Club's very first in-person event of 2022... and it was an amazing day where members came together to create Vision Boards - putting their business (and some personal) goals down as a visual reminder. Vision Boards can take a few...
HOW did February come and go so quickly? So much has changed in the last month so this is a well-needed recap blog. MINT training We held our monthly intentions-setting session for the members at the very beginning of the month, with members writing down the things...