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The General Data Protection Regulation is effective from 25 May 2018 and we need to let all clients know how we collect, store, use, and retain their personal data – which it is essential for us to do so that we are able to provide the accountancy and taxation services that we do, and so that we at all times remain compliant with the legal obligations under which we operate.

All clients are free to request access to the data that we hold about them, or to request a copy of that data. Clients are also free to object to us holding personal data or to ask us to delete their data altogether from our records. Naturally this might well impact upon our ability to continue to provide a relevant service for them, but nevertheless clients have that right to exercise if they choose to.

Clients are deemed to have consented to us holding their personal data on record by virtue of their engaging us to provide accountancy and taxation services for them. This consent can be withdrawn at any time.

One of the many tough realities of life in 21st Century Britain is the dreadful shortage of work available to those who want it. There are of course plenty who don’t and we could waffle on for ages about that, but it would simply be a political angle on our modern society rather than a practical one.

So too could we look at the lowering of standards and skills in recent years, pointing to the lack of investment in training and education that has been made.

But let’s be more positive. Let’s take a look at the Can-Do Factor, rather than the Can-Not. Suppose you want to start your own business. Perhaps you’ve been made redundant, or forced into early retirement? Maybe you simply have a business idea burning within you. The question then becomes – how to do it?

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