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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Emily Coltman highlights the five most common characters lurking in your books and explains how to work with them when it comes to getting your outstanding invoices paid.
Accounting
Accounting
Here, we look at the Sage software to break down the virtual barriers between front office and back office accounting operations.
Accounting
Nick Longden discusses how to use the advice of an accountant to keep your business on the right track.
Accounting
Here's a simple guide to help ensure you pick the right car for your business needs and budget.
Accounting
Emily Coltman gives her tips on making managing your accounts easier in the months ahead.
Accounting
Nearly a quarter of all small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK are facing a potential financial crisis due to late payment of invoices, new research finds.
Accounting
In the wake of government plans for a small business commissioner to help companies tackle the issue of late payment, Emily Coltman gives some tips on getting the money in on time.
Accounting
Accountancy and book keeping packages are now available online. And businesses stand to gain much by using them, says Mark Davies, of e-conomic.
Accounting
In the wake of government plans for a small business commissioner to help companies tackle the issue of late payment, Emily Coltman gives some tips on getting the money in on time.
Accounting
Accountancy and book keeping packages are now available online. And businesses stand to gain much by using them, says Mark Davies, of e-conomic.
Accounting
David Haxton discusses the importance of detailed credit checking for small businesses.
Accounting
The importance of keeping good records cannot be overstated. Here are some pointers.
Accounting
Here, we look at how to engage with customers to ensure payment terms are stuck to.
Accounting
Emily Coltman gives her top tips for getting your books in order now, so you can avoid a self-assessment headache next year.
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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