Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
Sourcing a business loan is easy through online marketplaces such as Know Your Money. Deciding whether to go for a high-street bank or a new alternative lender is the hard part. Which kind of business lender is right for you?
Business Loans
Accounting
This handy checklist will give you the lowdown on how to comply with HMRC’s rollout of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT.
Small Business Banking
Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove expected to meet bankers on Thursday to urge them to keep small business loans flowing in event of hard Brexit
Tax
Partnership tax could increase if proposals for a hike national insurance contributions go ahead. George Bull of RSM argues against.
Small Business Banking
UK SMEs are facing many business challenges, not least Brexit, that could impact on their ability to keep going, as new research reveals.
Alternative finance
Tax-based startup funding raised through the Government’s SEIS and EIS schemes is amplified if you work with a tech startup specialist, argues Alistair Marsden.
Business Loans
We ask Richard Bearman, managing director of Start Up Loans, what brand-new businesses should do to secure that loan.
Alternative finance
Iwoca, Atom Bank, Currencycloud and Modulr all pledge to address £10bn funding gap for small business trying to raise finance
Business Loans
We ask Richard Bearman, managing director of Start Up Loans, what brand-new businesses should do to secure that loan.
Alternative finance
Iwoca, Atom Bank, Currencycloud and Modulr all pledge to address £10bn funding gap for small business trying to raise finance
Accounting
Crunch, the Brighton-based digital accountancy platform, plans to add freelance accountants to its new self-employed bookkeeper service
Small Business Banking
B-North plans to open network of eight branches across England, combining face-to-face lending with cutting-edge technology
Accounting
Around 170,000 individuals are expected to be affected by IR35 being extended to the private sector next April. Chris Cook outlines how businesses in the UK should prepare, so they don’t fall foul of the rules
Crowdfunding for Business
John Auckland of TribeFirst shows us three ways to rescue your crowdfunding campaign if it's starting to flounder.
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?
Partner content
Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade
Partner content
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
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