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How to Select the right Manufacturing Software for your Business

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31 October 2016

How to Select the right Manufacturing Software for your Business

It is imperative that you choose the right manufacturing software for your business so it functions as efficiently as possible. This software has the power to help improve your business by leaps and bounds, but only if you choose the right kind.

You will need to make a point of looking for manufacturing software that is highly flexible and scalable so you can use it to match the specific needs of your business. If you want software that is going to help your business become more productive as a whole, it is very important that you make sure the kind you use offers a comprehensive solution.

The very best manufacturing software has an open module architecture. It should also support purchase management, project management, customer relationship management and finance management. It’s also a good idea to look for software that offers strong security, because you absolutely cannot be too careful when it comes to your own business. These days a lot of this software offers reporting tools that will provide you with vital information, so you will need to keep that in mind as well.

Make sure that you look for manufacturing software that can be utilized by all departments within your company, because otherwise you will just be wasting your money. It is very important that the software you invest in allows the individual departments of your business to work together in a more fluid, efficient manner.

Take the time to go online and look at some of the top-rated manufacturing software products on the market right now. The more time you take to do this research, the better your chances will be of getting exactly what you need to make your company more productive as a whole.

It will also be necessary to decide how much you want to spend on manufacturing software. Take a look at your budget and come up with a number that seems reasonable. While it’s true that the money you spend on this software could be a great investment, you will not want to go overboard. After you take enough time to research your options, you should be able to find one in particular that will match your needs while allowing you to stay within your established budget.

Before you decide on a certain manufacturing software product, you will definitely need to request a demo from the company. By trying out the demo you will be able to get a sense of what it is like so you will know whether or not it will benefit your business. You will find that most companies are willing to provide potential customers with demos, you just have to ask.

As long as you take the time to do the necessary research and examine all of your options, you should find the right manufacturing software to meet your company’s needs. There are a lot of these software products, but not all of them are going to be right for your business.

Common Misconceptions About The Value of Website Design to Small Businesses

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Sam Allcock

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31 October 2016

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Common Misconceptions About The Value of Website Design to Small Businesses

Small business owners are already familiar with the competitive nature of the market, particularly if you are an Atlanta web design company. Unless you provide a unique type of service, every small company will face an uphill task in terms of winning potential clients and customers. Other than setting yourself apart with high quality service or product, these days it’s essential that you have a good marketing strategy too. The digital age brought new dimensions of marketing with it, and many business owners fail to recognise the tremendous value an online presence brings with it. We decided to debunk a couple of myths that surround this segment in order to help out small business owners.

Graphic Design Is Expensive

This is completely false. You can consider something to be expensive when the value you receive for the cost you pay is not adequate. When you hire a designer, you pay a one-time fee for a service that is basically endless. No matter how your potential clients find about your business, the first thing they will do is to look up your website. In the age of high-speed internet, your website is basically your sales pitch. So consider that you pay a one-time fee for a sales pitch delivered thousands of times over. You will rarely get the chance to make the first impression twice, so it would benefit you a lot to make it a good one. Look at it this way, what a trailer is to a movie is what a website is to a small business. You can quickly determine the importance of having that trailer being well-designed.

Everyone Can Make A Website

While this statement is true, it is also an argument for why you should consider hiring a professional designer to create your digital footprint. You want to stand out from your competition, not blend into the sea of “homemade” websites. It is not at all easy to create a presentation that faithfully reflects your brand. Visual identity matters and graphic designers spend years mastering the skill of translating your message to your audience. So yeah, everyone can make a website, but that doesn’t mean that everyone should!

Customers Don’t Care

This is a common misconception that promotes the opinion that your customers don’t care about your business after they buy your product. Completely false! You must have heard many times that a key to good business is repeat business. Your website needs to maintain a relationship with your future and existing customers alike. Knowing how to achieve that is what graphic design is all about. Investing in this area will pay dividends for as long as you are in the business. Creating a recognisable brand that customers can relate to will make them interested – invested – engaged, in that order. And that is a tremendous value for the price you are paying.

We’ve only touched on this subject in broad strokes without going into too many details. This is because every business is different and it requires a unique approach in terms of design. The only thing that is universal for all small businesses is that there is undeniable value in devoting time and money into this key area of marketing.

British Workers Set for a Dark Winter

Jack Peat

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28 October 2016

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The sun gives us life, it keeps the plants growing and can give us a great tan. However, in the winter months, sun light is a precious commodity and unfortunately for British workers a new report by Get More Vitamin Drinks has found that the average office worker is only expected to get 52 minutes of daylight a week.

According to the research many people will leave for the office before the sun comes up around 7:45am and leave after it goes down at about 4pm in the afternoon. It seems us Brits just can’t catch a break; in the summer, we are plagued by hay fever and in the winter, we get no sunlight at all.

It has also been found that workers can’t be bothered to go outdoors to stretch their legs at lunch saying the weather and gloomy outlook puts them off. Whilst we may feel that staying indoors is good for us at the time, in the long run it appears to have the opposite effect. The findings indicate that due to not getting out at lunch afternoons are often spent with people feeling lethargic and unproductive. This means even if the weather is off-putting at lunch time it’s important for Brits to force themselves out in to fresh air.

Being lethargic and unproductive aren’t the only issues we have to worry about, 36 per cent will also feel grumpy and 34 per cent feel unmotivated. Being unmotivated in the workplace is not a great position to be in and this is something the report highlighted as a cause for concern.

The strain on productivity

No matter the season Brits still have work to complete, so how is the dark sky effecting our productivity in the office? According to the research if we have been sat at our desk all day four in 10 find themselves day dreaming while 24 per cent start to make lots of mistakes. This is worrying, in the current situation the UK finds itself in as we negotiate Brexit we need everyone to be bringing their A game, especially in the office.

It seems we need to remember to manage our time better and realise that outside of all the emails, meetings and deadlines we are all still organic beings and environmental factors affect us greatly. Staying at our desk all day may not actually be the best option presented to us. As with everything else, it appears to come down to quality over quantity.

To fight or embrace?

Outside of the office things don’t appear to get any brighter. The report found that 28 per cent of people will socialise less and 18 per cent won’t bother popping in on friends. Instead, Brits will eat more food, drink more alcohol and lead an altogether unhealthier lifestyle. In all it appears as if the UK truly live a mole existence when it comes to the winter months. But should we feel bad about this? Should we force ourselves in to the cold and make more of an effort in the winter? In the UK especially we seem to have an emphasis on being the most productive we can be, gong to cultural events, exercising, eating well, managing finances – perhaps it would be nice to take the winter off? Apparently, some Brits do embrace the excuse to take it easy. The study indicates two thirds of people will watch more movies in winter, 14 per cent will play more computer games and four in 10 people will spend longer in their pyjamas.

When it comes to the office we do need to find a way we keep productivity up in the winter months but past home time I’d advise us to all take it easy and make the most out of having an excuse to do nothing.

A boss of a construction firm and his accountant stole £6.9 million from the taxman to live a life of luxury.

Sam Allcock

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24 October 2016

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A boss of a construction firm and his accountant stole £6.9 million from the taxman to live a life of luxury.

The crooks did not hand over VAT or the tax and national insurance contributions of hundreds of staff and contractors over two-and-a-half years.

Instead Bentley driving accountant Aquil Ahmed, 60, bought properties in the UK, USA and Turkey and took multiple foreign holidays, including trips to Dubai and the Monaco Grand Prix.

Company director Victor Shearer, 43, laundered his £1.2 million cut through a bank account in Gibraltar.

He then spent vast sums through bank transfers, cash withdrawals and by debit card, on property and high-living, ski holidays, cars and treating friends, family and clients.

Payroll administrator Christopher Azzopardi, 37, up to his eyes in debt was paid £60,000 a year, double the usual bookkeeper’s wage, for his role in the fraud.

Shearer’s company, Leaner Logistics, supplied short-term contractors to the construction industry, mainly in London and the South East.

Often providing hundreds of workers at a time, Shearer turned to Ahmed’s Rochester-based accountancy firms to run his payroll and Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), in which contractors deduct money from a subcontractor’s payments and pass it to HMRC.

But rather than pay the tax and National Insurance, the duo stole the money with the help of Azzopardi.

Over time, Shearer introduced other clients to the payroll company, who also used this fraudulent scheme.

The trio tried to hide the business payroll fraud by using a complex network of British and offshore companies and bank accounts but were rumbled by tax investigators.

Sentencing Judge Macdonald QC said: “The loss to HMRC is just another way of stealing from citizens of the UK.”

At Maidstone Crown Court on Friday Ahmed pleaded guilty to three counts of cheating the public revenue and Shearer and Azzopardi were found guilty of the same charge following a six week trial.

Shearer and Ahmed laundered money through Gibraltar, the Channel Islands, the UAE, USA, Turkey and various property transactions.

They are both subject to financial restraint orders.

Ahmed, from West Malling, Kent, was sentenced to seven years and eight months and Shearer, from Kings Hill, Kent was jailed for seven years and six months.

Azzopardi, from Swanscombe, Kent was jailed for four years.

Chris Gill, assistant director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service said: “These men were driven by greed, abusing systems that are designed to ensure workers are paid correctly and taxes paid to HMRC.

“They were all professionals who knew they were breaking the law, but as an accountant Ahmed was in a position of trust making his part in the conspiracy even more deplorable.

“These criminals thought they’d created a sophisticated fraud and that by operating through numerous UK and offshore companies, they could hide what they were doing.

“But our investigations are thorough and with assistance from authorities in Gibraltar we unravelled the many layers they’d created and they are now paying the price for their crimes.

“This investigation shows that regardless of the resources of those involved, or how hard they try to hide their crime, no one is beyond our reach.

“Tax evasion isn’t victimless, it is theft from public services used by us all.”

How Safe is Your Home?

Property

Jack Peat

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24 October 2016

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We’ve all been there, returned home and realised we don’t have the keys to get back in. This leads us to making contingencies such as leaving a key with the neighbour to insure we don’t get locked out again. One in ten savvy but reckless Brits also have a key hidden somewhere near the property, including under a plant pot, beneath a garden gnome and even buried in a flower bed.

When it comes to home security a new poll has found Brits can be lacking with 48 per cent admitting to keeping the windows open even when they aren’t at home. It appears that Brits trust in their neighbourhood appears to be up with a fifth of people leave their doors unlocked all or most of the time on a typical day.

Unfortunately, their trust seems to be misplaced as the poll of 2,000 adults by Canary Home Security, found that one in ten have been victim to burglars within the past year. So, do Brits only consider safety once they have been burned? One area that never seems to get enough attention is the emotional impact being burgled has. Most of us have home insurance and anything that is stolen can easily be replaced and with technology like the cloud, pictures and important documents are rarely lost forever. In truth, it’s usually not about the things that were taken but the violation of someone being in your home and the injustice people feel at having possessions they have worked for taken away in an instance. More than one in five have been so affected by burglaries they have taken time off work, while 29 per cent have experienced sleeping problems and around half said they are less trusting now.

I remember at 16 my grandparents’ house being broken in to. Whilst nothing was taken and my Nan chased them out of the house there was emotional damage. My Nan hated to leave the house after that, as she told me ‘It’s not about the things they could take, it’s about coming home and finding the place trashed and all of our things on the floor.’ It’s an experience that seems to be echoed by other victims, valuables can be replaced but feeling safe in your own home can’t.

For students, security is especially important, as burglars often see student residences as prime targets. You can check how at risk your student home is by using MoneySuperMarket’s burglary hotspots tool.

With that in mind it’s important to consider home security especially with the nights getting darker which typically sees a rise in the number of burglaries that happen. There are many things we can do to minimise the risk, 21 per cent rely on their dog to deter burglars and keep their home secure. This may seem foolish but when I was burgled last year one of the recommendations by the police officers was to put a ‘Beware of the dog’ sign on the front door. It appears that our canine friends are an efficient means of convincing burglars to keep walking.

Three times as many people think that a strong mechanical lock is more secure than a digital alarm system, and 43 per cent of respondents have never tested the home security they do have.

Before you mistakenly believe your house is secure why don’t you check out these top 10’s:

TOP 10 PLACES PEOPLE LEAVE A KEY:

In the garage/outside store room

Under a plant pot

In a keysafe

Buried in the garden

Under the mat

Under a windowsill

Inside a fake lock

Under a garden gnome

In a dog house

Under a garden ornament

TOP 10 EFFECTS OF BURGLARY:

A loss of confidence

Overly cautious with security

Have become less trusting

Lost sentimental items

Was unable to replace certain items

Sleeping problems

Took time off work

Kids were unsettled or unhappy

Pet was unsettled

Difficulties with insurers

Advantage and Opportunity: Why Millennials are Better Off Than Ever Before

ABC Staff

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24 October 2016

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Advantage and Opportunity: Why Millennials are Better Off Than Ever Before

If you were to listen to the popular press, you could be forgiven for thinking that millennials belonged to a lost generation. From rising house prices and stagnant earnings to rising tuition fees and a so-called savings crisis, there is a sense that our millennials face a series of economic challenges that they are ill-equipped to overcome.

The spectre of Brexit has hardly helped this foreboding sense of doom, particularly amid talk that exiting the EU will increase prices and cost jobs.

How Millennials Have Greater Access to Advantage and Opportunity than Their Parents

There is a counter-argument, however, and one that cuts through the type of biased and unfounded journalism that has emerged in modern-day Britain. The cost of buying a home has grown at a far slower rate than in previous generations, for example, while the interest bill on an average Millennial property is less than half of that paid by their parents.

Similarly, the average mortgage repayment will account for just 31% of a Millennials’ earnings, compared with a staggering peak of 45% back in 1990.

This is not all, either. Disposable income levels in the UK are higher than they were during the 1980’s and much of the 1990’s, for example, while the current government’s taxation policies mean that many Millennials are now paying less in levies than those who have gone before them. With graduates also under no obligation to repay their tuition fees until their earnings reach a specific threshold, the economic picture is also far rosier than initially meets the eye.

Beyond these unique advantages, Millennials also have access to unprecedented opportunities when it comes to earning money. This can largely be attributed to the online revolution, which has made it possible to augment a full-time income and build towards a brighter financial future. The key, of course, lies in understanding the opportunities available, and determining which would be most suited to your unique skill-set. Here are some examples: –

Sell your Assets on the Consumer Market

Whilst car boot sales have always been a great, and unskilled way, through which to pick up some extra cash by selling off your unwanted items there are now an incredible amount of ways that you can sell your things easily online. Online auction sites like eBay or sites like Gumtree are often the go-to places for listing your goods for sale and these incredibly convenient sites are a good way to get your items seen and sold quickly and effortlessly.

Websites such as Etsy are equally good places to get selling especially if you have homemade products that you crafted yourself. Most of these sites will charge a small fee if sold, however for their convenience and exposure they are well worth your while.

Market and Sell Your Services

If you have a particular skill or talent for something you may be able to market this and leverage it financially online. Sites like iWriter and Textbroker along with numerous other content-related sites can pay you for article work and other blog content. However almost any skill you have can be utilised on PeoplePerHour or Fiverr, offering a similar outlet for less heralded attributes and experience.

Whether you can create digital content, illustrate, post Tweets, share news, proofread, sing a song, do an impression or even just create a recipe you can always use these services to promote specialised skills and hopefully begin to pick up some extra work from it.

Monetising your Opinions Online

Whilst you can enjoy plenty of virtual gaming past-times like free roulette (where you can win virtual cash) there are just so many more productive ways to spend your time online and earn out of it.

Even if you don’t possess any skills you feel would be useful in an online environment, you will still be able to find plenty of ways in making money online simply by sharing your user experiences and your opinions. Survey sites work with several top brands and services and can offer you small cash payments or vouchers in exchange for your opinions, so long as they are honest and well-articulated.

Once you’ve found a legitimate site, such as MySurvey or CashCrate, simply sign-up and enter a few details about yourself and then you’ll be routinely paired with relevant surveys and subsequently paid directly into your bank account or via Paypal when your earnings reach a predetermined total.

How to do Halloween on a budget

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Elliot

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24 October 2016

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From getting crafty, scouring the sales and checking out budget retailers, there are plenty of ways to have a spooky Halloween without breaking the bank.

Money saving mum of two and blogger for PromotionalCodes.org.uk, Kayleigh Hughes, has put together her guide on how to do Halloween on a budget.

Top tips include getting the family craft kit out to make your own decorations and scouring the internet and budget retailers for great deals.

Other advice includes checking out the charity shops for cut-price costumes and snapping up bargains from this Halloween after the big day to save ready for next years.

Kayleigh said: “Now I’m a mum I’ve passed on my love of Halloween to my three-year-old Joshua and far from him being scared he gets so excited looking around the shops at all the different decorations.

“With my love of Halloween it gets difficult not to overspend so I’ve put together a few tips on how to enjoy the day without spending a fortune.

“I’m all set and ready for a fun filled Halloween, so get bargain hunting and see what you can find.”

Here are Kalyeigh’s tips on having the perfect Halloween without splashing the cash:

Get crafty – making decorations, baking cookies and carving pumpkins are all things you can do as a family and cheaply. One of the best places to find ideas is Pinterest, its bursting full of crafting tutorials and how to’s.

Hit the sales – as with every holiday the best time to pick up items and get the best savings is just after. This is something I did last year and I managed to find so many good deals that I’ve stored until this year.

Scout for deals- if you’re now getting your first Halloween bits, then there are still great bargains to be found in the run to the 31^st This year has been brilliant for budget buys. Places like Poundland and B&M bargains have a huge range of items at low prices. Out has gone the gimmicky, cheesy items and in has come vintage potion bottles and signs. B&M have a brilliant range of large candles. I picked up a pumpkin pecan waffle one and it smells amazing and at only £2.99 I thought it was a great buy.

Charity Shops – I know I talk a lot about charity shops but they really are an Aladdin’s cave of treasure. A local one just put out a whole load of Halloween themed treasures at rock bottom prices. I got both my boys a costume plus a few other items all for less than £5. The outfit I got for Jaxon is still selling in a major retailer for £9 and I paid just £1.49 for his.

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The Fall of UK Earnings: Can You Negate This and Achieve Financial Independence?

ABC Staff

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21 October 2016

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The Fall of UK Earnings: Can You Negate This and Achieve Financial Independence?

During the third financial quarter, politicians reduced at the news that the national unemployment rate in the UK had fallen to just 4.9%. This does not offer a true reflection of the labour market in the UK, however, as inflation and the cost of living continues to rise disproportionately to earnings.

This is reflected by the prevailing level of earnings among those who are self-employed, which is now estimated to be lower than in 1994-95. According to the Resolution Foundation, the average weekly earnings of self-employed citizens has fallen by £60 since the turn of the century, despite this demographic having grown by an estimated 45%.

Business loan from a bank employee. finance concept — **Earnings are plunging in the UK**

This is creating a huge difference between perception and reality in the UK labour market, while it is posing considerable challenges to those who are looking to achieve financial security and accumulate wealth for the future.

How to Boost our Earning Potential and Build Wealth Online

Of course, the road to financial independence is not without pitfalls regardless of whether or you are self-employed or not, and there may be times when you need to access additional income and boost your earning potential as an individual. It therefore pays to know your options, and these low risk ways to make money online have been tried and tested to improve cash flow: –

Put your expertise on the web

Whatever your talents, there is likely to be a market for them online. Websites like Fiverr and People Per Hour allow you to showcase your skills while companies and individuals browse the site looking for people providing one-off jobs in their discipline.

There has been an increase in demand for online tutoring and training which creates the opportunity to host virtual lectures and seminars as well as one-to-one tuition. You can advertise private tuition/training courses on Gumtree or join an agency website like Tutorhub.com.

Tradesmen and handymen can also advertise for work on a local basis via ratedpeople.com and gettradey.com.

Matched Betting

Matched betting may not sound low risk, but it is proven to be a safe method to make money from bookmaker promotions. It is not considered gambling as it involves using betting exchanges to bet against your selection to guarantee a return no matter what the outcome. The method allows you to secure a free bet for no, or very little, cost and make an overall profit from the offer when using a similar technique with the free bet.

You can typically expect to make around £20 from a £25 free bet and it pays to join a subscription-based matched betting site. They provide everything you need from the betting offers to tutorials and specialist software required to find bets to match and calculate the stakes required to ensure you make the same profit whatever the result.

Most UK licensed online bookmakers give free bets as a welcome deal and Matchedbets.com’s betting sign up offers should boost your income by over £700 with ‘reload’ offers providing the opportunity to continue earning after the welcome offers have been exhausted. Earnings are typically around £500 per month for as little as 30 minutes’ effort each day with the added benefit of being tax free.

Affiliate Marketing

If you have a good presence on social media or have a blog or website, you can start earning money almost immediately by affiliating with companies to promote their products, services and offers. Affiliate networks such as Affiliate Window and Webgains feature a wide variety of merchants and you can apply to those which best suit your audience and content.

You apply to each merchant via the network’s website and once accepted, receive a link to share. If someone clicks on the link and makes a purchase, typically within 30 and 90 days, you’ll receive a commission.

Companies find affiliate marketing a great way to generate leads and are getting better all the time at converting leads into sales. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts talking about popular niches like beauty and lifestyle will find a huge choice of products appealing to followers while bloggers have found affiliate marketing a lucrative addition to AdSense and page sponsorship.

Sell your old stuff online

If you are looking for a quick cash boost you can sell unused and unwanted items around the house or stored and forgotten in a dusty corner of your property.

It might surprise you how much can be earned by selling old clothes and furniture if it is in decent condition. Collectors could pay a pretty penny for items you may have discarded as a bad style choice years ago and there is always a demand for trailing edge technology. If you are one of those people who likes to own the latest gadgets, you could recover a good proportion of the cost by selling your old tech on eBay, Amazon Marketplace and Gumtree.

Old video games, DVDs and CDs can be sold can be in bulk to sites like musicmagpie.co.uk – just remember to store a digital copy on your pc or an external storage drive in case you’re ever compelled to go back to them. This way you are simply selling the artwork and plastic and with prices varying from 10p to £20 per item, earnings can quickly add up if you have a large collection.

The Property Market is Unpredictable – Here’s What You Can Do

Elliot

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18 October 2016

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The Property Market is Unpredictable – Here’s What You Can Do

Demand for homes is overwhelming supply which is causing house prices to rise significantly.

Existing homeowners have positive attitudes towards selling houses rather than buying as they feel more confident that now is a good time to sell. Before 2008, property had been a safe investment where sellers gained healthy returns. Now might be the time to sell your home if you’re thinking about relocating or retiring. 2016 has seen significant changes in the property sector making the private rented sector less predictable. There has been a fall in the number of rented properties whereas home ownership has increased.

As the property market is becoming increasingly unpredictable, many homeowners are using this moment in time as an opportunity to go through a speedy sale to make the most of their investments. Selling your property quickly will give you the freedom to start planning your new life without the uncertainties of when the house sale will be complete or how much you can spend on your new property.

Cash Buyers

Whether you’re facing financial difficulty and want to sell your house as soon as possible or are retiring and need a rapid sale to move into your dream home, it can often be difficult to sell your home at a respectable price in a limited time frame. There are a number of advantages to selling your property in record time with a cash buyer such as QuickMoveNow in a constantly changing market. It eradicates various fees so you don’t have to worry about paying estate agents, EPC’s or surveys. You are looking at an average saving of £4,000 putting you in a strong position to negotiate on your onward purchase.

I wanted a guaranteed quick sale due to the unpredictable market’ – Mark Pottern, 37

My wife and I found our dream home in Warwickshire but were let down by a potential buyer at the last minute. We were distraught and that the house we wanted would go off the market. The property market is so unpredictable and we have looked around so many different houses that have been sold before we’ve even had a chance to negotiate. Finding your dream home can be almost impossible if you’re looking for something in particular, so when we found the perfect house for us we couldn’t possibly let it slip through our hands. A speedy house sale enabled us to resolve a difficult situation and we were able to agree on a completion date to sell and move into our dream home swiftly without pressure.

A swift sale enabled us to clear our mortgage and downsize ready for retirement’ – Aggie

Suttunhoe, 61

We had spent a long time searching for a retirement property for us to settle down in and didn’t want the hassle of long timescales between buying and selling a house. We were able to sell our house quickly with QuickMoveNow.com and buy the perfect place for retiring. We wanted to clear our outstanding mortgage and be in control of when we wanted to sell our house. A fast sale was the perfect solution to enable us to move out efficiently instead of the long conventional way of selling. No Solicitor or Estate Agent fees meant that we saved a lot of money too.

I recently got a new job and needed to relocate urgently’ – Peter Simmonds, 28

I find that Estate Agents are less interested in guaranteeing a sale and the completion date is so unpredictable. I was able to relocate quickly by selling my house through a cash buyer and was able to start my new job in no time. I was very pleased to have an offer for my house in no time, as it can be such a long process simply waiting for offers as I have done previously with Estate Agents. With the flexibility to choose the completion dates without spending time waiting for buyers, I was more than happy to sell my property without any hassle. An offer was placed within 24 hours of the valuation!

Can Baby Boomers Really Impact the Property Market?

Sam Allcock

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15 October 2016

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Can Baby Boomers Really Impact the Property Market?

The real estate market has always been a complex and challenging one to consider. Great opportunities, big decisions and noticeable high-end results make it all that it is. Things can easily shift in terms of victories and losses in the case of important investments. In the end, it is all up to you, the investor, to make the proper research and gain those special skills to take you towards the road of success.

Even though nothing is ever certain, when it comes to business and investments, there are numerous factors that could help you realize what should or should not be done for various purposes. It is all about being well-informed and taking decisions based on what you know and not what you think that may be true. Keeping this in mind, let’s see whether baby boomers might really impact the property market as much as some say it will.

Choosing Strong Real Estate Markets

Doing business is all about gaining inside information and the talent of making the right decisions based on given facts. The same goes in terms of real estate investments that may or may not prove to bring you the desired success over time. It all starts with choosing the strongest markets.

As far as studies and real-life examples reveal, the three most important factors to consider when choosing a strong real-estate market are population growth, job growth and affordability. Some call it the Real Estate Market Triad. All these factors are in constant movement and change so you cannot get those noticeable results without paying attention to them.

Big Money Come from Successful Predictions

When you take into account important factors like baby boomers that highly impact the property market you have a lot more chances of effectively predicting future developments. Diving deeper into important, real population growth statistics can help you choose the next step to follow and when to make a shift in the right direction.

The fact that a serious growth in population has been registered in the last few years is now more real than ever. However, it is not enough to just have this information. It is also important to see who are these people that come along, what they do, where they live and how they impact the real estate market.

Baby Boomers and the Influence of Retirement

We also have a simple answer for you at this stage: the increase in the number of baby boomer families. The most important percentage of population growth is represented by them in certain regions. There are numerous senior families who are about to leave their professional life behind. This brings noticeable changes in the life of these families.

Many couples decide that it is time to move when they take the step of retirement. This definitely affects the property market because there are more potential customers for investors to present offers to. Furthermore, with any new life stage come different factors and requirements to take into account.

A senior family needs a peaceful neighborhood to live in, good places to spend time in and nice neighbors to share life memories with. Moreover, safety comes first in their case. They will be searching for well-preserved properties that are safe in terms of perfect privacy and security.

No compromise on quality will be made because it is that stage in life when you simply need perfect, decent conditions to enjoy yourself. All these details will matter a lot for people looking to invest in new property. As a result, it will also highly affect the overall real estate business.

The Huge Impact of Professional Life Factors

Apart from baby boomers represented by the increase in the number of people retiring there are also other factors that influence this tendency. Many people need to adapt to their professional life for a few more years thus live closer to their job location.

Times when people used to find a job where they lived are no longer here with us even at a senior age. People now focus much more on their professional life and accommodate themselves in terms of homes accordingly.

This way, the registered baby boomers once again highly influence the real estate market. More people of different ages need better jobs all around the world. This means new shifts in the request of properties in different areas. Those regions where jobs are more sought for at this age will become the best ones for property investments.

The Bottom Line

All in all, important factors like baby boomers always impact the property market one way or another. Great offers and requests on villas for sale in Kalkan or any other influential regions will become available. The results of this influence will definitely vary according toareal, financial and other huge factors that will also be involved in this process.

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