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December 21: Fast Track Christmas Launch Event, Hotel Du Vin, New Street, Henley RG9 2BP, 6pm, £15

December 23: Networking event, Biscotti Oxford, Portabello Restaurant, South Parade, Summertown OX2 7LJ, free. For details, e-mail Mike Northover at mike@deep-mc.co.uk

January 4: Networking event, Late Breakfast Abingdon, Four Pillars Hotel, Abingdon OX14 1TZ, £10

January 5: HMRC Seminar, Newly Self-employed, The Basics, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC

January 6: HMRC seminar, Business Expenses and Capital Allowances for the Self-Employed, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC January 7: HMRC seminar, Self-Assessment Online, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC January 11: HMRC seminar, Business Expenses and Capital Allowances for the Self-Employed, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC n Course, Presentation Skills, Oxfordshire Golf Club, Spa and Hotel, Thame OX9 2PU, 9:30am, 5pm, £295 plus VAT n Networking event, Wallingford Biscotti, The Old Post Office, Wallingford OX10 0AD, 9.30am, free January 12: HMRC seminar, Self-Assessment Online, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC n The Athena Network Oxford Group, Church Way, Iffley Village, Oxford OX4 4DZ, 12pm, £20 January 13: HMRC Seminar, Becoming an Employer — What You Need to Know, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC n Networking event, Cappuccino Connections, Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot OX11 7NE, £5 (for non-members, free otherwise) January 14: Networking event, Biscotti Wantage, Costa Coffee, 11-12 Market Place, Wantage OX12 8AB, 9am, free. For more details e-mail stuart@businessbiscotti.co.uk January 15: Fast Track Extra, Hotel Du Vin, New Street, Henley RG9 2BP, 6pm, £15 January 18: Course, Telesales Skills, Oxfordshire Golf Club, Spa and Hotel, Thame OX9 2PU, 9:30am, £295 plus VAT January 19: Athena Network North Oxford Group, The Oxford Centre, Oxford OX2 7PL, 12pm, £20 n Networking event, Late Breakfast Milton Park, Milton Park Innovation Centre OX14 4RY, 9am, £10 n Networking event, Biscotti Bicester, Trinity restaurant, Chapel Street, Bicester OX26 6BD, 9.30am, free. For details, e-mail: elke@businessbiscotti.co.uk January 20: HMRC Seminar, Paying Someone for the First Time Using the Employer CD-Rom, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC n Networking event, Late Breakfast, The Spread Eagle Hotel, Thame OX9 2BW, 9am, £10 n Networking event, Cappuccino Connections, Barcelo Hotel, Wolvercote Roundabout, Oxford OX2 8AL, free (members), £5 (non-members) January 24: HMRC Seminar, How VAT Works, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC January 25: Seminar, Time Management and Workload Prioritisation, The Oxfordshire Golf Hotel and Spa, Thame OX9 2PU, £295 plus VAT n Athena Network Abingdon Group, Fallowfields Country House Hotel, Kingston Bagpuize OX13 5BH, 12pm, £20 n HMRC workshop, Newly Self-Employed — The Basics, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC January 26: The Athena Network Wallingford Group, The Beetle and Wedge Boathouse, Moulsford OX10 9JF, 12pm, £20 HMRC workshop, Business Expenses and Capital Allowances for the Self-Employed, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC January 31: HMRC workshop, Newly Self-Employed — The Basics, John Smith Drive, Oxford Business Park South OX4 2BH, free. Time TBC February 1: Course, Employment Law, Oxfordshire Golf Club, Spa & Hotel. Thame OX9 2PU, 9:30am, £295 plus VAT.