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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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Two thirds of SME businesses not ready for tax digitalisation

Two thirds of firms are not using software, which will be needed to report tax digitally, as HMRC is planning for 2018.

Accounting

Accounting

Separate work and personal finances from the start

Here's how to keep your personal and business finances separate.

Accounting

Avoid self-as-stressment next year: Get your books in order now

Emily Coltman gives her top tips for getting your books in order now, so you can avoid a self-assessment headache next year.

Accounting

Don’t pay for pants: How your small business can tackle expense fraud

A manager must be sensitive to different workplace cultures around expenses, argues Dafydd Llewellyn.

Accounting

Institute of Fiscal Studies tax report fundamentally flawed says FCSA

The difference in National Insurance Contribution rates between employed and self-employed is not unfair, argues the FCSA.

Accounting

A small business owner’s guide to IR35

As soon as you engage a freelancer, you are exposed to IR35, as Gary Elliott reveals.

Accounting

Four things to remember if you miss the self-assessment deadline

Emily Coltman gives her top tips for small businesses completing their tax return after the deadline.

Accounting

Pension changes causing confusion for half of UK small businesses

Many small businesses still do not fully understand the auto-enrolment rules, as this piece reveals.

Accounting

Four things to remember if you miss the self-assessment deadline

Emily Coltman gives her top tips for small businesses completing their tax return after the deadline.

Accounting

Pension changes causing confusion for half of UK small businesses

Many small businesses still do not fully understand the auto-enrolment rules, as this piece reveals.

Accounting

What small businesses want from the Chancellor in the Spring budget

Chancellor should include delay to digital tax deadline in Spring Budget to assist small businesses according to Simon Littlejohns.

Accounting

How to save yourself a £100 fine for late filing

LITRG encourages small businesses to have a reasonable excuse to offer HMRC if they delay handing in their tax returns.

Accounting

Ten financial resolutions for a small business

Here are some top tips to keeping your small business finances in the best possible shape this year.

Accounting

Could your approach to financial management make or break your business?

Mark Woolley discusses why poor financial management is putting even the brightest businesses at risk.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

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Business Technology

Why you should upgrade your tech now rather than later

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Investing in a franchise

Should I buy a franchise or go solo?

Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.