Monday 16 November 2009

Field Sales Executive

£17,000 - £22,000 p.a.

£25,500 - £33,000 p.a OTE

Plus Bonus & Incentives

Mazuma provides outsourced accountancy, tax and bookkeeping services to the small business market through our innovative Purpleforce service. Continued success has brought about the need for a full-time Field Sales Executive to join the Sales Team and play a key role in the development of the business.

This role will involve generating leads and selling Mazuma’s innovative and award-winning outsourced accountancy services throughout South Wales and surrounding areas, reporting to the Commercial Director in the Head Office in Bridgend. This is a new role in the company due to expansion and you will focus on generating a high level of new business.

Working towards set sales targets, you will have autonomy in the role, with the opportunity to progress into a senior role in the company. You will be required to take a strategic approach to developing sales, helping develop new ideas and processes for the sales function. You will be proactive in your search for new business and you will be provided with the tools to do this. You will be rewarded financially with an uncapped bonus structure and incentive schemes.

Requirements
• A proven track record of generating new business in a similar Field Sales business to business role
• Strong new business winner and relationship builder
• Excellent experience in generating business from cold leads
• Extremely target driven and motivated by financial reward
• Accounting or finance background is desired but not essential
• An outgoing, confident, enthusiastic, tenacious and proactive individual who works well under pressure and has the ability to multi-task is sought for this role

Benefits
• £17,000 - £22,000 salary per annum (37.5 hours per week)
• £25,500 - £33,000 OTE per annum
• Bonuses and incentives
• 24 days holiday a year plus bank holidays
• Expenses, laptop, mobile phone and use of company car after probationary period

If you are interested in this position and would like further information or request an application form please contact Sophie Hughes on shughes@mazumamoney.co.uk. Alternatively, please call 0845 310 5654.

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CLOSING DATE: MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2009

Thursday 12 November 2009

Mazuma Opens 7th Office!

Mazuma are pleased to announce the launch of Mazuma in Preston.

Mazuma is an accountancy practice serving the needs of small businesses and sole traders that has steadily grown into a national business since its formation in Cardiff in 2006. The franchise, The Mazuma Associate Scheme, was launched in October 2008 and seven Associates are now in operation across the UK.

Mubin Mohammed operates from Preston and is delighted to be the first Mazuma franchise operating in the North of England. Mubin comments: Mazuma is a fantastic accountancy practice to join. It is a company which understands and can fulfil the high expectations of fast paced modern society. As Mazuma associates our aim is to provide a stress free service which is great value for money.

Mubin joins after the successful trial of the first Associate that took place over two years, based in the North of Cardiff.

Sophie Hughes, Operations Director of Mazuma GB who operates the franchise, comments: "We have been overwhelmed with the interest that we have received since the launch of our exciting franchise. It is a unique offering and provides people with the opportunity to operate their own business under the vibrant and nationally recognised brand of Mazuma. With the launch of the seventh franchisee and more due to launch early 2010, we aim to reach and better our targets of launching 12 franchisees by the end of 2010. Despite the recession, franchising is set to boom and the Mazuma franchise is a terrific opportunity to take up at this time. We are thrilled to have an Associate based further North".

Various areas of the UK are still available and separated by postal regions and population in the areas. You must be a qualified accountant and hold (or be able to apply for) a practising licence through your accountancy body before you commence trading as a Mazuma Associate. We hold extensive training courses on how to build, manage and grow your business and market yourself when you become an Associate so you are not "thrown in at the deep end", and we are on hand for you once you are an Associate to help you along the way with tips and guidance.

If you, or someone you know are interested in this exciting opportunity please call us on 0845 310 5654 or email us at info@mazumamoney.co.uk to request a prospectus and application form.

Wednesday 4 November 2009

A little something to help with Christmas!

It's that time of year again!

The kids are back in school...

Halloween is over...

Summer is but a distant memory...

And Christmas is looming!

Well, to help out with the inevitable burden of Christmas shopping Mazuma is running a special offer.

If you successfully introduce a friend (or even sign up yourself!) to Mazuma and our Purpleforce package before 18th December 2009, then we'll give you £20 worth of Love2shop vouchers which are accepted at 85 leading retailers!

Better still, if you successfully introduce more people than anyone else, not only will you get £20 of Love2shop vouchers for each one, but you'll be in with a chance of winning a bonus £100 worth of Love2shop vouchers! Just imagine how much that would help with the Christmas shopping!

So thinking caps on folks!

Do you work in a serviced office with other small businesses?
Are you based on a building site with tradespeople in need of a tax return?
Is your customer base brimming with sole traders and small Ltd companies?

Why not recommend Mazuma to them?

Don't forget, Mazuma operates Nationwide so there's no need to be close to one of our offices to take advantage of our award winning Purpleforce service!

Think you could recommend us to someone and get your £20 Love2shop voucher right now? Just forward this email to them and ask them to fill out the Get a Quote form here using promo code L2S"yourname" (so we know who to send the vouchers to!).

Once they've signed up we'll pop your voucher in the post to you and you can enjoy a stress free Christmas!

We look forward to hearing from you!







Please note: This offer is not available in conjunction with any other offers or referral schemes. Mazuma GB Ltd reserves the right to offer a different retail voucher of the same value in replacement for the stated Love2shop voucher. Vouchers will only be awarded where the person(s) introduced to Mazuma GB Ltd enters into a contract for Mazuma's Purpleforce service under the terms and conditions described in their letter of engagement. Bonus £100 voucher competition is for individuals who have successfully introduced more than 5 new clients to Mazuma under the conditions previosuly described and who have introduced more clients than any other participant. In the event of a tie a draw will take place.

Monday 2 November 2009

Beware verbal tax advice!

Tax is complex! It is not always clear which particular tax, or what rate of tax applies to a transaction. The Taxman realises that businesses often have tax questions that need urgent answers, so he has set up a range of telephone help lines that each deal with specific areas of tax, such as VAT or the construction industry scheme.

Unfortunately these telephone help lines do not always give the correct answer. You may rely on a verbal assurance from a telephone helpline, but later get inspected by a Tax Officer who takes a different view of the situation and raises a penalty for the incorrect tax treatment. This does happen, and two recent cases have shown it is the taxpayer that suffers where there is a disagreement between the helpline advice and the Tax Inspector.

Case 1: In the first case Corkteck Ltd exported soft drinks to Poland through a third person: Sintra SA. The VAT help line told Corkteck that the exported drinks would be zero-rated for VAT. However, the VAT Inspector decided the drinks should have been standard rated as Sintra SA was not registered for VAT within the EU.

Case2: In the second case Acrylux Ltd hired out a private residential property for various functions, some of which lasted several days. The VAT helpline told Acrylux that the hire of the property would be exempt from VAT as it was not a commercial property. However, the VAT inspector said the hire of the property was similar to short-term holiday lettings and VAT should be charged at the standard rate.

In both cases the taxpayer could not prove exactly what facts had been presented to the helpline, or exactly what the helpline had given as its advice. If the advice had been requested in writing the outcome for the taxpayer may have been different. If you have a tax question, please ask us before reaching for the HMRC help lines. If you act on advice that later proves to be incorrect, you could pay a high penalty!