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Business A to Z
Every trade has words it uses without explaining. In business the cost of not knowing one is real: some of them are ordinary jargon and some of them are a decision that can take a house.
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51 terms filed under S, showing 31–40 (page 4 of 6).
S
Software licensing
What you are actually allowed to do with software you paid for.
Sole trader
Also called Self-employed, Sole proprietor
The simplest way to be in business: you and the business are the same legal person, with everything that implies.
Sole trader to company
Incorporating an existing business. A transfer, with tax consequences.
SOP
Also called Standard operating procedure, Process documentation, Runbook
Written instructions for how a recurring task is done. Dull, and the foundation of ever being able to delegate anything.
Staff turnover
How many people leave, and what it costs.
Stamp duty and SDLT
Tax on buying property, and a separate one on buying shares.
Standard costing
Using expected costs to plan and to spot when reality differs.
Standard operating procedure in practice
Getting procedures written and actually used. The gap between having them and running on them.
Standardisation
Reducing variety deliberately. Fewer options, lower cost, easier delivery.
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