Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
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.
Treasury points to £1bn worth of ad-hoc local authority grants still to be distributed, as pain starts to bite with furlough being wound down and business rates becoming payable
Government Grants
Tax
Businesses that employ staff have an obligation to collect and pay taxes to HMRC in relation to that employment, as Emma Twynholm explains
Tax
Joanne McLaughlin of Hillier Hopkins explains what taxes your business will have to pay on its trading activities
Government Grants
The government's £20m scheme to help small businesses get through Brexit paperwork appears to be a damp squib as SMEs are put off by complicated application process
Business Loans
Thousands of small businesses due to start repaying Covid support loans could find themselves unable to make payments. Can you wind up your company if it already has a Bounce Back Loan?
Accounting
Commercial debt recovery: how can I help myself and what do I need from a third-party collections business?
Government Grants
Small business owners eligible for £1,000 per student they offer a 45-day work placement for as part of their T Level studies
Alternative finance
Forward Advances is the latest merchant cash advance provider to enter UK market alongside PayPal, eBay and Clearbanc
Government Grants
Small business owners eligible for £1,000 per student they offer a 45-day work placement for as part of their T Level studies
Alternative finance
Forward Advances is the latest merchant cash advance provider to enter UK market alongside PayPal, eBay and Clearbanc
Business Loans
Family and specifically parents are the first port of call when a small business runs into trouble, according to a Liberis survey
Tax
Confused about VAT? Here are the rates along with some examples of the products and services included within them
Business Loans
Insolvency Service given power to investigate company directors who deliberately wind up firms to avoid repaying emergency Covid-19 debt
Business Loans
eBay goes into the same-day small business loan market, offering finance anywhere between £500 to £1m
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
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