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Financing

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.

How has PPI damaged the British banks?

Here, Kamran Mirshahi shares his thoughts on the effect of PPI on the banks.

Small Business Banking

Accounting

Four tips for streamlining your R&D tax credits claim

Read our tips on how to streamline your R&D claim and make it a lot easier for yourself.

Accounting

Seven in ten contractors stressed by managing accounts

Seven in ten contractors are most stressed out by their financial accounts, with nearly three quarters doing all their own accounting.

Crowdfunding for Business

Money, money, money! It’s a crowdfunder’s world

Here, Sami Mauger, head of coaching and project innovation at crowdfunder.co.uk, gives us her top five hacks to crowdfunding.

Accounting

SMEs urged to automate to help offset time of late payments

Clear Books is urging SMEs to automate processes such as credit control, payments and receipts to help save time spent late payments.

Government Grants

How businesses can access government assistance

There are plenty of government schemes that have been designed to help companies across multiple sectors grow, says Chris Williams, chief executive of B60. 

Accounting

Avoiding nasty financial surprises

Here, KashFlow look at easy ways to stay on top of your finances and avoid any nasty surprises.

Accounting

Cash flow management for small businesses

The following are some of the steps you can take in order to kick start an effective financial and cash flow management plan.

Accounting

Avoiding nasty financial surprises

Here, KashFlow look at easy ways to stay on top of your finances and avoid any nasty surprises.

Accounting

Cash flow management for small businesses

The following are some of the steps you can take in order to kick start an effective financial and cash flow management plan.

Alternative finance

What ideas are most likely to get crowdfunding support?

New research suggests that novel and useful crowdfunding ideas don’t work together, seeing less support from the platform.

Accounting

SMEs suffering because of culture of slow payments in UK

An ingrained culture of slow payments and cashflow issues is causing major problems for small businesses.

Accounting

CFOs and finance directors share their hopes for the Autumn Budget

With the Autumn budget set to be announced on the 22nd November, CFOs and financial directors discuss their hopes for the statement.

Tax

IR35 forum minutes highlight HMRC’s failures surrounding reform

The contents of July’s IR35 Forum minutes reflect a sincere lack of understanding from HMRC when it comes to the true impact of recent and potential changes to IR35.

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?

Partner content

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