Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The National Insurance small business archive.
Payroll
Philip Welsh, product marketing manager at Sage, explains why employers’ National Insurance contributions (NIC) are rising in April 2025 – impacting employee costs, cashflow and margins for firms
Accounting
From today both employers and staff face a 10% increase in the amount they pay each month in National Insurance contributions. But there is a way to help your staff avoid today's National Insurance contribution increase
Tax
Nick Bustin and Dinesh Pancholi explain how to reduce the impact of the National Insurance rise coming in April
News
HMRC is encouraging employers to provide messaging around next month's NI tax rise on payslips, with some bosses saying it's 'propaganda'
News
The Government's £11bn national insurance tax grab to pay for social care will hurt economic recovery and create unemployment, warn small businesses and economists
Tax
Managing your company’s tax affairs to optimise the amount of tax that is paid is an entirely legitimate activity. There are a number of simple, legal benefits afforded to business owners
News
Lord Bilimoria, head of lobby group CBI, is just one voice calling on the Government to drop a £12bn tax raid on businesses in April, while the gym sector asks for business rates to be scrapped
News
Economists and business lobbyists warn that increasing national insurance will hurt employment and lower wages
News
Small business owners and employees would pay extra 1% on national insurance contributions to fund growing social care problem
News
Chancellor blanks calls for cut in national insurance to help businesses scarred by the pandemic and targeted support for excluded self-employed
News
Tory backbenchers decry plans to hike self-employed national insurance from 9 per cent to 12 per cent
Tax
Tory move to lift national insurance threshold to £12,500 would put nearly £700 each in the pockets of millions of small business workers
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