Category: Costing
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Direct costs (UK services): what belongs in Cost of Sales and what doesn’t
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Direct Costs for UK Service SMEs: What Belongs in Cost of Sales Plain-English COS policy for services: what’s direct vs overhead, grey areas, a worked example, and a checklist to keep margins accurate.
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Markup vs Margin (UK): the plain-English guide service SMEs use to stop under-quoting
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Markup vs Margin (UK): plain-English guide + calculator Stop under-quoting. Learn margin vs markup, convert between them, and quote correctly, with a tiny calculator and UK VAT clarity.
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Gross margin: the one number that pays your wages (UK service SMEs)
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Gross Margin for UK Service SMEs: Benchmarks, COS, Fixes What good gross margin looks like for UK service firms, how to classify COS, margin vs markup, and 5 levers to lift GP fast. Benchmarks + a worked example.