Keeping abreast of new legislation affecting our sector of activity is important for any business owner, but it is also important to be aware of the latest developments in the field. absolutely vital for the self-employed and SMEs which often depend on these developments to survive and remain alive and active in their market.
How can we stay timely informed without having to rely on an external advisor? This is the important question we solve in today's article - read on!
As you can imagine, nowadays, finding new legislation affecting your SME is a very difficult task. impossible without the Internet. The network of networks is the world's most important repository of information, but it can also be (and is) a bottomless pit. full of fake news or fake news and news.
So, before you start looking on the Internet for news for your SME or for your activity as a self-employed professional, we suggest you take note of some of the following such sensible and simple advice as the following two: narrow your search and limit your sources.
Every day the following are published thousands of different legislative developments, thousands of news items of some interest to you, but reading them all would take up half of your time. effective working time. Avoid that excess by restricting your search to three or four keywords such as, for example: freelance allowances, agricultural aid, subsidies for hairdressers Madrid, changes, self-employed quota, petrol price changes, etc..
Millions and millions of web environments publish daily legislative developments, but you can't see them all for the same reason as before: the weather. Thus, in addition to narrowing your search by limiting the number of keywords, also limits the sources of information Don't know which web feeds to choose? Don't worry. We talk about that in the following paragraphs.
The first web source where you can find legislative changes for your SME is the BOE, the Official State Gazette in digital format.
The service calls “Legislative Alerts”is completely free of charge and very easy to use. All you have to do is register as an authorised user at “BOE à la carte”and choose the subjects on which you want to receive news published both in the BOE and in the Official Journal of the European Union: agriculture, energy, tax system, etc.
Apart from being one of the most widely used search engines in the world, Google is also a useful tool for receive automatic alerts on legislative developments. This service is very easy to use: you just have to access the service called “...".“Google Alerts”You can choose the topic on which you want to receive the news, the frequency with which you want to receive the news, etc...
Click here to see in detail what this useful alert service offered free of charge by Google consists of.
Usually the new legislation most affecting an SME are those that happen in your locality, city, town or autonomous community. All these developments are usually included in the websites of the Chambers of Commerce, public bodies that we should all exploit more.
Our advice? Find the web address of the Chamber of Commerce of your locality and enable its automatic search service for legislative news.
If you don't know where to start looking, click here to visit the general website of the public body Spanish Chamber of Commerce. There you will find not only interesting legislative developments for SMEs, but the digital address of the Chamber of Commerce closest to your business.
