Friday 20th February 2009

Liverpool Chamber, in partnership with Mitchell Charlesworth, has developed a selection of seminars to answer those essential financial questions by a fantastic selection of experts.

The full day is broken into mini seminars, including a Business Surgery Session where you can get a one-to-one with a professional to answer your individual questions.  You may attend some, or all, depending upon what your needs are.

A brief networking opportunity, coupled with a selection of refreshments precedes each seminar.  The days events are as follows:

Seminar 1
Pensions & ISAs - The last Tax Freebies
09.15 - Register/Refreshments

Covering areas:

• Pensions Lifetime Allowance
• Pension Annual Allowance
• Corporation Tax Savings
• Income Tax Savings
• ISA Allowances

Ends 10.15

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Seminar 2
Financial Management in a Declining Market
10.15 - Register/Refreshments

Covering areas:

• Identifying every possible means of improving cash flow
• Understanding the margins
• Understanding the Business
• Know your Customers

Ends 11.15

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Seminar 3
How to get grants
11.15 - Register/Refreshments

Covering area:

• What’s out there?
• Where from?
• Where do I start?
• Is there help?
• Take action!

Ends 12.15

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Seminar 4
Business Surgeries/Networking
12.45 - Register/Refreshments

• Colin Corder - VAT Manager
• Bob Gore - Corporate Finance PartnerGraham Oakes - Wealth Management
• Greg Harris - Associate - Grant Finding Specialist
• Majella Yates - Tax Manager

Ends 13.45

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Seminar 5
Tax Pitfalls
13.45 - Register/Refreshments

Covering areas:

• Getting your Tax right!
• Car or not?
• Benefits in kind - dispensations, loan accounts
• Working from home
• Expenses

Ends 14.45

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Seminar 6
What the VAT man doesn’t tell you!
14.45 - Register/Refreshments

Covering areas

• Cash flow - Hints & Tips
• Cash flow - how to structure late payments & avoid surcharges
• Avoiding interest & Penalties - corrections & appeals
• Debt negotiations - How to arrange time to pay
• What to do on & after a VAT visit

Ends 15.45

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Each seminar cost just £10. Bookings can be made by contacting the
Chamber Business Training team on 0151 224 1888 or via the Chamber website.

SkillWorks funding is available for eligible SMEs - please call the Mersey Skills Network team for further information on reducing the cost of your training by 50%!  E-mail: info@merseyskills.co.uk or call the team on Tel: 0151 224 1888.

Raccoon not included.

Liverpool’s famous Lewis’s store takes a seasonal look back at 2008 in their magical Santa’s grotto, opened daily in the run up to Christmas.

Lewis’s was the first department store in Liverpool to have a grotto, way back in 1879, and this year they want to say a special thank you to all the loyal shoppers who have supported the store through the last year.

Covering 10,000 square feet this is a magical experience following the adventures of Lewis Bear who, like the store, is celebrating his 150th birthday.
Be prepared to see a Santa Superlambanana and a festive take on the MTV awards in the third floor of Lewis’s Ranelagh Street shop.

Free to walk around or £5 to receive a gift (10% goes to the charity Give A Child A Chance). Every child receives a balloon, badge and activity sheet on the way into the grotto.

Opening times: Mon - Fri 11am-5pm, Thurs 11am-7pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. (Opens 9am from Dec 18.)