Small Business Banking

Can a commercial mortgage be the solution to your business needs?

Entrepreneurs usually find it difficult to start their small business because paying rent for the space seems impossible.

Accounting

How best to budget your business

How best to budget your business so that it doesn't affect your personal finances.

Business Ideas & Planning

The basic requirements for setting up your business

This infographic offers step-by-step advice on starting a company.  

Advice

Six steps to a secure network printer 

Here, we show why it's vital that your printer's security needs to be every bit as robust as the protection for your computers.

Business Ideas & Planning

Personal training: A blueprint for going it alone

In this guide, we shed some light on how to set up as a personal trainer.

Legal advice

Employment law: A quick guide for small business owners

Here, we look at the key employment law considerations for those taking on staff for the first time.

Alternative finance

A turning point in the crowdfunding equity market

In this piece in association with Fundbird, Chris Buckingham, author of Crowdfunding Intelligence, assesses the fortunes of what was once the fastest equity raise in UK history and what it tells us about the crowdfunding industry.

Small Business Banking

SMEs: The bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity

Here, in association with Hampshire Trust Bank, we look at the current rate of growth of SMEs and how they are managing their money.

Accounting

Tax-efficient company cars

Here's a simple guide to help ensure you pick the right car for your business needs and budget.

Business Ideas & Planning

Creating the next big food start-up: Do you have what it takes?

Here, Tom Mercer talks to the owners of two early-stage food businesses about why they started and the hurdles they faced.

Office & home working

How to adopt telecommuting in your company 

Here, we look at the upside and the downside of telecommuting and how to make it work for you.

Office & home working

How company owners should manage maternity leave and pregnant employees

Danielle Ayres discusses the eight top tips that small business employers can adopt to help them properly manage pregnant employees in the workplace and those who go on maternity leave.