How to manage your accounts better in an hour a week
Accountant Emily Coltman of FreeAgent gives some pointers on seeing the bigger financial picture of your business.
Accounting
Accountant Emily Coltman of FreeAgent gives some pointers on seeing the bigger financial picture of your business.
Accounting
Small Business Banking
James King, founder of venture capital firm Find Invest Grow (FIG), discusses the role of banks should play and why it needs to be easier to withdraw money from investments.
Accounting
Accountant Emily Coltman of FreeAgent gives some pointers on seeing the bigger financial picture of your business.
Small Business Banking
James King, founder of venture capital firm Find Invest Grow (FIG), discusses the role of banks should play and why it needs to be easier to withdraw money from investments.
News
Cash-strapped British businesses have declared their support for business minister Michael Fallon's proposals to name and shame the members of the FTSE 350 refusing to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.
Accounting
Pernille Bruun-Jenson, managing director, global small business, Intuit UK, discusses how businesses can get their customers to pay on time.
Alternative finance
Anil Stocker, co-founder of MarketInvoice, charts the development on the online finance sector, why it is relevant to small businesses, and its future.
News
The number of FTSE 350 companies pledging to pay small companies promptly has tripled following a government drive to boost sign up to a code of conduct.
Employing & managing staff
The introduction of real-time information reporting could prove to be a time-consuming nuisance, small business owners fear.
Business Loans
Almost three quarters of small company owners launched their new business venture with working capital of £2,000 or less, research finds.
Small Business Banking
My bank is forcing me to restructure my overdraft into a loan. It will be more expensive and in 4-6 months time I may not even need an overdraft. Through circumstance I have never signed a directors' guarantor for the overdraft. Can they still force me into this position?
Advice
Ian Nuttall started his first business with no budget, just a computer and an internet connection. Here, he tells SmallBusiness.co.uk how others can avoid small business debts too.
News
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has been named and shamed as 'morally bankrupt' by the Forum of Private Business for increasing supplier payment times from 60 days to as much as 95.
Sole trader
In 2012, Dana Elemara started Arganic, offering rare argan oil, grown exclusively in Morocco, to the cosmetic and food industries. She talks to SmallBusiness.co.uk about her company and how it began.
Partner content
Hospitality businesses have faced a number of challenges in the last couple of years. Find out what funding and support is available.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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