It’s official – it is much easier to register for VAT than it is to register a group of Companies. I have been personally registered for a couple of weeks now. Soon I shall find out whether it is easier to register a group of Companies for VAT than it Is to climb Mount Everest backwards without a crampon.

HM Inspector of Taxes has not been forthcoming about my personal tax situation nor about running a Schedule E payroll. A bit of a chase will be in order over the next week or so if I still don’t hear.

Hopefully can sort out the location of the office very soon - I hope to get the negotiations properly underway in the next week.

A multitude of insurances will mean a multitude of forms. Embarrassing questions about previous health record, what sort of business it is and all the rest. Once I have received the appropriate questionnaires I shall circulate them.

I shall see a suitable tame bank manager from the Royal Bank of Scotland as soon as we both are able. I just hope he doesn’t bill me by the hour for his lunch.

Appointment of auditors has not bubbled to the top of the urgent pile yet, but this I shall do before moving into an employer/employee situation in order to get check my elementary tax planning at the same time.

I shall start ordering stationary over the next few weeks or so – any strong feelings or final pleas re logos should be submitted pdq.