Tax

Growth hack: Tap Into R&D tax credits

You might be missing out on R&D tax credits – here's how they work and what schemes you should be applying for.

Business management

Is it safe to switch to a smaller business energy supplier?

Business management

Five outsourcing trends for small businesses

Watch out for these outsourcing trends.

Setting up a company

The five best reasons to launch an offshore business

Here are the five best reasons to launch an offshore business.

Business management

Switch and fix energy provider to avoid potential post-Brexit price hikes

Energy prices are expected to soar when the UK leaves the EU on March 29, 2019. The UK relies on energy imported from Europe – increased costs may push up energy bills for businesses across UK. Switching to longer – fixed-term – energy rates recommended to avoid the worst of any possible post-Brexit energy price hikes.

Finding and selling to customers

Are customer loyalty programs worth the big claims?

Customer loyalty programs have been around for a long time and we can look to successful schemes to help improve our own.

Accounting

How to give workers a tax free gift in four simple steps

In SMEs margins are often tight, and so giving bonuses to the workforce can not only seem financially unachievable pipedream, but quite low on the list of priorities – but there is a lesser-known tax exemption on certain types of gifts for employees which not only makes this more affordable, but quick.

Business management

Book Review: You Were Born To Speak, by Richard Newman

Great public speakers communicate with their audience using a combination of words, verbal delivery, and body language. But reaching that level of effectiveness isn’t easy, especially for the naturally shy and introverted.

Business management

How to grow your one-person small business

Approximately 99.3 percent of private sector businesses in the UK are small businesses according to the National Federation of Self Employed & Small Businesses Limited.

Office & home working

Renewable energy: Why small businesses should go green

Renewable energy has become a global focus over the past few years. Around 100 countries have set renewable energy targets, including the UK. Europe has a target of acquiring 20% of their supply from renewable energy sources.

Office & home working

Switching business energy: Make It Cheaper

When it comes to business profitability, you’ll know that keeping overheads as low as you can is vital.

Business Technology

When should you start thinking about installing a VoIP phone system?

Voice over Internet Protocol phone systems are growing ever more popular with British businesses. Since its inception in the 1990s, the technology has improved dramatically, buoyed by the use of the cloud as a primary way of hosting VoIP phone systems.