Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The accounts section, brought to you in partnership with Sage, features in-depth guides and features for UK small businesses and start-ups needing advice on how to manage company accounts, including topics such as cashflow management, late payment, bad debts and bookkeeping.
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Ian Smith, general manager and finance director of Invu, looks at why it is important for small businesses in particular to ensure they control the visibility of payments and invoices.
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Here's how adapting how your business goes about the auditing process could free up finances and create value.
Accounting
Thousands of businesses are missing out on valuable tax breaks for research and development that can help to fund IT development and technological improvements, a study finds.
Accounting
Here, Scott Henderson, managing director at R&D tax relief specialist Jumpstart, explores the changes to R&D tax relief to small businesses.
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Customers not paying on time can be fatal for a small business so use these tips to successfully chase those reluctant to pay up.
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Here, Ian Smith of Invu takes a closer look at the government’s new reporting requirements, and details the poor payment practices of larger corporations that are putting the UK’s SME community at risk.
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Richard Stonier, partner at Tally Accounts, explains six realistic financial changes that you can stick to.
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Here, we take a look at five new ways that UK businesses can better manage their own finances and accounts.
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Richard Stonier, partner at Tally Accounts, explains six realistic financial changes that you can stick to.
Accounting
Here, we take a look at five new ways that UK businesses can better manage their own finances and accounts.
Accounting
While the digitalisation and automation of many tasks comes as a welcome relief for many business owners, some are faced with a daunting task of preparing for and implementing change.
Accounting
Are you able to claim on the cost of entertaining someone, and what are the implications for VAT? Emily Coltman, chief accountant at FreeAgent, gives the answers.
Accounting
Don’t panic! Act now if you are one of the many still yet to do their income tax return before the 31 January deadline.
Accounting
Survey of 80,000 invoices from UK businesses reveals stark findings for SMEs coping with late payments.
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Employing & managing staff
In Aviva’s latest SME research*, 57 per cent of employers surveyed agreed that nowadays employees expect benefits to protect against loss of income or earnings. What do you offer your people?
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Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade