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Accounting

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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Is accountancy software enough?

Here, Richard Stonier, partner at Tally Accounts, gives advice on choosing accountancy software and the need for traditional accountancy support alongside software.

Accounting

Accounting

Getting to grips with international payment as a small business owner

Sam Bennett, head of compliance and operations at Frontierpay, discusses what small business owners must know about international payment.

Accounting

Late payments crisis will not be solved by new payment practice laws

The late payment crisis will not be solved by new payment practice laws, say four in five SMEs, and could deepen thanks to unintended consequences.

Accounting

Five vital accounting tips for small business owners

These five accounting tips from Aston Black are examples of the small business practices required for success.

Accounting

Are you aware of capital allowance tax relief?

Just under half of SME businesses that own a commercial property have not been alerted to ‘Capital Allowances’ tax relief by their accountants.

Accounting

Why it is costing UK companies to be in the dark about R&D

Just 1 per cent of eligible SMEs, according to HMRC, actually claim R&D tax relief. Many more should do so, argues Mark Tighe.

Accounting

Cash flow in business: Can your company afford to pay you?

Philip Ciniglio explores why creative ways of releasing cash is the trend in today's business landscape.

Accounting

Bookkeeping tips for the gig economy

If you’re part of the gig economy, knowing how to tell if you’re employed or self-employed is the first step towards understanding which bookkeeping tasks you need to complete.

Accounting

Cash flow in business: Can your company afford to pay you?

Philip Ciniglio explores why creative ways of releasing cash is the trend in today's business landscape.

Accounting

Bookkeeping tips for the gig economy

If you’re part of the gig economy, knowing how to tell if you’re employed or self-employed is the first step towards understanding which bookkeeping tasks you need to complete.

Accounting

How to supercharge your business cash flow

Here, we give a few alternatives that business owners can look at when it comes to tackling cash flow.

Accounting

Contractors urged to seek IR35 status to resolve public sector confusion

Organisations in the public sector must now ensure IR35 status rather than the contractor, as businesses are urged to get clued up on new changes.

Accounting

Is HMRC promoting tax avoidance for contractors who use its IR35 status tool?

Contracting expert suggests HMRC is promoting tax avoidance as 29 per cent of contractors should fail the IR35 test.

Accounting

IR35: Contractors predict public sector suffering as reform lands

Most contractors report that they would stop working in the public sector should they be found ‘inside’ IR35, new research reveals.

Employing & managing staff

The importance of vocational rehabilitation services for SMEs

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?

Partner content

What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade

Partner content

How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings