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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 cash flow management, late payment, bad debts and bookkeeping.

Q&A – Sarah Turner, Angel Academe: ‘Women tend to talk more honestly about their business’

Sarah Turner, CEO and co-founder of Angel Academe, talks to us about issues affecting women founders and potential investors

Accounting

Accounting

How to tackle late payments to your small business

Late payments cost small business owners £6.7bn a year just chasing overdue invoices. Antti-Jussi Suominen offers solutions as to how to handle late payments

Accounting

SMEs hit by new UK transfer pricing rules

SMEs are generally exempt from UK transfer pricing but new rules will in effect extend the UK transfer pricing rules to SMEs. Batanayi Katongera at MHA MacIntyre Hudson explains.

Accounting

5 ways small businesses can keep on top of freelance payments

Freelancers have become increasingly important to even the smallest of businesses, says ETZ Payments CEO Nick Woodward. Here are 5 easy wins to ensure freelancers are paid

Accounting

Off-payroll legislation and loan charge set to devastate UK plc

The loan charge and off-payroll legislation continue to cause concern - that damage done in the public sector will role into the private one.

Accounting

Reduce your tax bill before the end of the tax year using 10 key actions

There are myriad ways, often overlooked, to reduce your tax bill, from using allowances, claiming reliefs and by just doing it by the book. Jonathan Amponsah of The Tax Guys lists ten tax saving actions.

Accounting

The contractor umbrella scheme and how to choose one

Contractors need to know how best to navigate IR35 legislation and what to look out for. Key to that process, Julia Kermode, chief executive of the FCSA offers some advice on choosing a contractor umbrella scheme.

Accounting

Small business lifeline? Large companies to appoint late-payment tsar

The Business Secretary will oversee the drive to ensure big businesses pay smaller suppliers.

Accounting

The contractor umbrella scheme and how to choose one

Contractors need to know how best to navigate IR35 legislation and what to look out for. Key to that process, Julia Kermode, chief executive of the FCSA offers some advice on choosing a contractor umbrella scheme.

Accounting

Small business lifeline? Large companies to appoint late-payment tsar

The Business Secretary will oversee the drive to ensure big businesses pay smaller suppliers.

Accounting

Five ways to spring clean your business books

Here are some top tips from Emily Coltman to help you brush up your bookkeeping and get your business set for fresh new growth in the months ahead.

Accounting

Late payments are declining – but SMEs are still owed £80,000 on average

More businesses were paid on time in Q4 2018 but chasing late payments is still a major issue across all sectors. Here's what you can do.

Accounting

Profit and loss template

Use this template to build your own profit and loss account as a small business owner.

Accounting

VAT action businesses should take now before a no deal Brexit

A no-deal Brexit could pose significant VAT issues for UK businesses. Accountants RSM highlights four key areas and urges action now.

Business Technology

How to keep your small business safe online

Here's how Security Service Edge from Vodafone can help to protect your SME from ever-increasing cyber threats

Business Technology

How to grow a global creative agency in record time

Find out how creative agency, Myth Studio, used technology to grow their business and quadruple their staff count in 18 months

Partner content

Attracting and keeping top talent through Total Reward

Employment benefits specialist, Drewberry, explain why you should base your benefits around a Total Reward Strategy

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5 things every small business owner needs to know before starting

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