haysmacintyre is proud to be sponsoring the Startups Awards category for “Start-up Business Woman of the Year” and I was delighted to be involved in the judging process.

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The haysmacintyre team was proud to be involved in and sponsor the Young Guns awards on its 10th anniversary.

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Excitement is building as we near the Young Guns 2012 Awards lunch, which takes place at Kensington Roof Gardens on Friday 28 September.

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The provision of internships has been integral to the Fashion Industry, often providing the perfect platform for budding designers to cultivate their talent under the branch of an experienced label.

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We gathered with our guests in the stylish, modern Herve Leger store on Lowndes Street as we were served a crisp glass of prosecco, blush or white wine or elderflower pressé (for those who were driving or in my case pregnant). There was lots of chatter as guests and haysmacintyre colleagues took the opportunity to catch up with one another and there was a wonderful buzz throughout the store.

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The organisation was well worth it as we have been overwhelmed by the feedback we have received from clients and contacts who attended the event.

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Whilst the team at Amanda Wakeley will be busy putting the finishing touches to their London Fashion Week show taking place this afternoon, we have been busy planning the event we are hosting with Amanda Wakeley OBE next week, 3 March 2011.

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We were pleased to welcome the MSI Global Alliance delegates to London for the two day conference on 25 and 26 October . It was my first experience of attending the annual global conference and it was incredibly interesting to meet the array of accountants, tax advisors and lawyers and learn about their various sector specialism’s and offerings to clients.

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Growing Business magazine recently announced the 30 Young Gun entrepreneurs, under the age of 35 for 2010. This was the annual competitions eighth year and the “Class of 2010” has officially joined an illustrious alumni featuring the founders of Innocent Drinks, Figleaves, Sweaty Betty, A Suit That Fits and Hawk-Eye.

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There are less than 3 months before the VAT rate changes to 20% so businesses should have their plan of action in place to deal with the administrative changes. Some thought should also be given to any beneficial steps that can be taken in the lead up to the VAT change, for example a simple way to plan in advance of this is to pay prior to the rate change. So you could pre-purchase specific goods and services at the old rate, as long as you pay for them and therefore set a tax point. This can only be done for specific goods or services but not for a general class of supply. There are anti-forestalling rules which limit the amount from any one supplier to £100K.

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A burst of colours grace the catwalks at London Fashion Week as the fashion industry rises from the shadow of recession that has clouded it in recent times, with bright colours making an appearance at a number of shows including Maria Grachvogel, House of Holland and Christopher Kane.

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This entry was written for the Fashion Business Club website

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Attended my first UK Fashion & Textiles event last week with guest speakers including Tanya Sarne the founder of Ghost and her new label, handwritten, Angela Quaintrell, former buyer at Liberty and export sales manager of Shirin Guild and Roger Wade, ex-owner of Boxfresh and director of Brands Incorporated.

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I was happy to read last week that former Young Guns runner-up, my-wardrobe.com, a UK online retailer of designer fashion, was able to secure funding of $9m from Balderton Capital to enable overseas expansion.

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There has been much talk amongst my fashion industry clients about last month’s Budget. The VAT increase to 20% will almost certainly be a burden on the high street however the increase was generally expected by the majority of people I have spoken to.

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