Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Employing & managing staff
Pensions auto enrolment rules mean all employers must provide a pension for their staff and automatically enrol them into it. James Brown of Chase de Vere offers a guide to all the considerations employers must make to comply with pensions legislation
Accounting
Here, we break down a number of tactics business owners can use to extract profit from their business with one eye on tax-efficiency at all times.
Business management
Businesses offering final-salary pension schemes pushed towards safer investments in move that could see underfunded schemes facing bills of tens of billions of pounds
Payroll
We explain your pensions responsibilities as an employer, how to choose a pension scheme, and how you can remain compliant
Advice
If you need to set up a workplace pension for your employees, make sure you know what to consider and which providers are out there
News
Chancellor says its up to those who pay in to pensions to tell institutions they want to invest in fast-growth tech start-ups
Employing & managing staff
Every small business needs to offer qualifying employees a pension. But what are the rules as to who qualifies and how do you set one up?
Accounting
Government is adapting its strategy to deal with self-employed pension crisis.
Sole trader
Self-employed workers are woefully under provided for in terms of pension savings. Stephanie Spicer considers the pension options available to the self-employed, sole traders and entrepreneurs and how to go about employing them.
Accounting
Entrepreneurs are heading towards a self-employed pension crisis, with many not having any savings in place at all.
News
February finally marked the last staging date for the UK’s smallest employers to enrol their employees into a workplace pension scheme – so what are the upcoming changes and how can small businesses prepare for them?
News
More than half of female employees (51 per cent) admit to feeling financially unprepared for their retirement compared to 35 per cent of male workers.
Business Technology
Find out how creative agency, Myth Studio, used technology to grow their business and quadruple their staff count in 18 months
Partner content
Employment benefits specialist, Drewberry, explain why you should base your benefits around a Total Reward Strategy
Partner content
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Partner content
Professional indemnity insurance provides cover if somebody sues your business and they allege that your advice caused financial loss or damaged their brand. It’s not just for accountants and lawyers but for anyone offering a personal service, even web designers