Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
News
The cash incentive scheme for employers annual tax returns is set to continue. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees may be eligible for £150 tax-free, if they submit their Employer’s Annual Return online.
Accounting
One of the critical elements of running a successful business is being able to manage your cash flow.
News
The Equalities Review’s final report into the causes of persistent discrimination and inequality in British society has been published, warning that despite significant progress, some forms of inequality are set to remain at intolerable levels.
Business Technology
Setting up an online arm of your business can offer many benefits, not to mention a further route to market.
Business Technology
I am starting a business and hope to have customers all over the United Kingdom and Ireland. I need to know how to set up the acceptance of credit cards for over-the-phone payments. Can you help?
Accounting
I am self-employed and shall be 65 on April 3rd and my wife is 62. I intend to draw a deferred pension accrued from when I was working. I understand my tax allowance will be increased this year. If I continue to work for a couple of years or so, and also employ my wife, part-time, to carry out book-keeping, what are the tax implications?
Employing & managing staff
I'm just about to launch a domestic cleaning and laundry business and plan to recruit up to 20 people over the next 2 - 3 years. Am I obliged to offer some sort of access to a pension scheme, either now or in line with my predicted growth of employee numbers? There seems to be lots of advice out there but much of it is conflicting.
Office & home working
Recent research from YouGov of over 1,150 business owners and managers shows that half of UK bosses based in an urban environment are dreaming of escaping the rat race to find their own small slice of rural happiness.
Employing & managing staff
While businesses of all sizes are starting to invest in the wellness of their employees by introducing company health schemes, gym memberships and stop-smoking initiatives, they are overlooking the UK’s biggest killer, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) says a campaign to raise awareness on the issue.
Accounting
If you already run a business, you will have a trading history and will be able to use this to make decisions about the future.
Marketing
The key to building a winning direct mail campaign is having a clear idea of your target market and selecting a list that matches this market.
News
Two thirds of London commuters would like to set up their own business, but it wasn’t all about personal gain, with nearly a third keen to set up a business that made a positive impact on society.