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The financing channel looks at the different small business funding options available to start-up companies and established SME businesses looking to grow. Read a wealth of guides and tips to help manage your accounts and cash flow better, views on the future of business banking and where to source alternative finance.

Treasury eyes hitting self-employed gig workers with VAT charge

Slapping VAT on self-employed gig economy drivers or plumbers could rake in £20bn a year for empty Treasury coffers

Tax

Financing

MarketFinance offers small business grants of £5,000 each

Small business owners have until December 31 to apply for first round of MarketFinance Business Booster Fund

Business Loans

A guide to getting a business loan during Covid-19 

Your business needs a government-backed loan but you don’t know where to begin. Funding Options works with 40+ lenders enabling you to make the best choice

Government Grants

Extra cash for ‘wet’ pubs hit by Tier 2 and 3 lockdown

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges one-off £1,000 payment for pubs that do not serve food forced to close in Tier restrictions - just enough to buy a single keg of beer

Business Loans

How to get a bridging loan quote

A bridging loan is a useful tool if you need to buy stock in a hurry or you're awaiting payment. Here is everything you need to know.

Government Grants

Liverpool launches £9.5m grant fund for ‘excluded’ self-employed

Liverpool joins Wales in offering grants for the self-employed excluded from government Covid-19 financial support

Government Grants

Rishi Sunak urged to help self-employed company directors

Business groups and experts write to chancellor with workable scheme to help 800,000 company directors excluded from government Covid-19 support

Government Grants

When and where to apply for the new 80% self-employed grant

Newly self-employed, company directors and part-time self-employed still excluded from third self-employed grant

Government Grants

Rishi Sunak urged to help self-employed company directors

Business groups and experts write to chancellor with workable scheme to help 800,000 company directors excluded from government Covid-19 support

Government Grants

When and where to apply for the new 80% self-employed grant

Newly self-employed, company directors and part-time self-employed still excluded from third self-employed grant

Small Business Banking

No high street banks are accepting fresh Bounce Back Loan applications

Even though the deadline for the Bounce Back Loan has been extended, thousands of small businesses will still struggle to secure one

Government Grants

Nearly half a million self-employed face having universal credit cut

Government set to reintroduce cap on universal credit, bringing self-employed in line with those in full-time work on minimum wage

Tax

1m self-employed face having to pay tax bill larger than what they earnt

First HMRC prepayment deadline for self-employed tax looms in January, based on what freelancers earned pre-Covid

Government Grants

Job Support Scheme changes what they mean for your business

Grants of £2,100 for businesses caught in Tier 2 restrictions, slashed employer contributions to Job Support Scheme and doubling of help for self-employed

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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?

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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