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Bank charges on international payments hampering small businesses

UK businesses have been paying well over the odds for international payments, hampering their abilities to expand in a post-Brexit world, according to a study.

Small Business Banking

Accounting

Don’t get your fingers burned on VAT tax issues

As the Great British Bakeoff returns for a seventh series, Emily Coltman gives her top tips for helping make sure your VAT cake doesn’t collapse.

Business Loans

How to choose the right funding partner for you

In this piece in association with Boost Capital, we look at the debt funding options to choose for an emerging business.

Accounting

Will digital tax put people off starting a business?

Businesses are either finding the process of digital tax compliance foreboding, or don't even know what it is. Could this be a serious deterrent to start a business?

Accounting

Why late payment hits the construction sector hardest

Businesses in the construction sector have been hit hardest of any UK sector by longer waits for their invoices to be paid, with delays increasing 22 per cent in the last year from 67 days to 82 days.

Accounting

Digital tax remains confusing for large portion of small businesses

Nearly half (43 per cent) of micro-business owners and freelancers don’t know what Making Tax Digital is, a study finds.

Accounting

Managers risk signing off on non-compliant expenses

Business managers are spending a remarkably short time on expenses approvals, according to a study.

Government Grants

Small business grants: How multiple grants helped launch a company

We talk to a business owner about how he used money from grants for branding and website design, chemical analysis and packaging orders.

Accounting

Managers risk signing off on non-compliant expenses

Business managers are spending a remarkably short time on expenses approvals, according to a study.

Government Grants

Small business grants: How multiple grants helped launch a company

We talk to a business owner about how he used money from grants for branding and website design, chemical analysis and packaging orders.

Alternative finance

Brexit one month on: A view from a fintech start-up

Russell Gould looks at the initial Brexit fears and explains why, one month on, some Fintech companies are set to flourish.

Accounting

How one business owner was hit hard by a tax inspection

Here, we tell the cautionary tale of a business owner who was the victim of an unfavourable visit from the taxman.

Small Business Banking

Five companies on what banks could do better for small businesses

Here, five small business owners and managers give their views on what banks could do to better serve early-stage and smaller companies.

Government Grants

Small business grants: The companies that benefitted

Tom Craig's company received a £16,000 grant from a local council and the Creative Quarter, which offers support for start-ups in the Nottingham area. Here, he talks about how he secured the cash.

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Benefits of switching to the right business bank account

In case you were in any doubt, here are five key benefits of switching your business bank account – and how to make the switch.

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Partner content

What are the funding options for hospitality businesses?

Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.

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?