Expert 121 with Laurel Giles, Plus Accounting

Choose from a selection of dates and times to suit you. Once you've registered, we'll pass on your details (name and email address) to Laurel, who might contact you with some questions regarding your meeting.

Please advise Laurel if you are happy with an in-person session or you'd prefer to have the meeting online.

Some of the areas that Laurel can discuss with you;

• Appropriate trading status both financially & legally i.e. sole trader, partnership or limited company
• Registering with HMRC for Tax and National Insurance
• Shareholders Agreement
• VAT Registration
• Record Keeping

These sessions are open to everyone, therefore if you think that you or someone you know would benefit from having this discussion then please book one of the available sessions now. This is offered free of charge, without obligation and in complete confidence.

Expert biography

Laurel Giles is the Business Services Assistant Manager at Plus Accounting. Laurel qualified under ACCA in July 2016 and she is responsible for assisting the managers with their portfolio of clients in the Business Services team.

Note

The adviser is an independent professional and is not an agent or employee of the Council, nor the Library. They will be regulated by their own professional body and they will be able to provide you with details of that organisation.We will not be aware of any advice that is given to you by the adviser when you consult them in the 121 session and we do not verify or approve their advice. We therefore take no responsibility and make no representations regarding the relevance, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or otherwise of any such advice or information. Any views expressed by the adviser are their own views and not those of the Council.

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This in-person 121 session will take place at the BIPC on the 1st floor at Jubilee Library, Brighton.

Following the session, the expert will send you a feedback form which we would be grateful if you could complete to allow us to monitor the success of our offered expert 121s.

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Important

All our expert one-to-one meetings on offer are free, but places are limited as our business expert partners are giving their valuable time to the BIPC and to you for free while fitting these sessions into their busy schedule. Therefore, if you need to cancel the session, to give a chance for others to still book it, please give at least two working days’ notice when possible via:

• email to [email protected], or
• cancelling your booking on Eventbrite, or
• email/call to the business expert.

Please note down the experts' contact details when they get in touch with you prior to the session.

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FAQs

What is your cancellation policy?

The majority of our events are free, but places are often limited - especially for in-person events, therefore please make sure you cancel your place, if you are unable to attend. You can cancel through your Eventbrite booking or emailing [email protected].

Can I attend if I'm not a member of the library?

Absolutely! Any Sussex based business/ person with a business idea is welcome. Though we always recommend joining the library as it's free and will make accessing our databases, books and publications much easier.

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