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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.

Alok Sharma wants to throw small businesses in lockdown lifeline grants

Business secretary to argue case for renewing grants to small businesses blindsided by wildcat lockdowns

Government Grants

Business Loans

Banks ‘will be pushed’ into closing down SMEs unable to repay Covid debt

Treasury turns deaf ear to setting up bad Covid debt bank, pushing banks into foreclosing on SMEs unable to repay government loans

Government Grants

How to claim your £1,500 Kickstart Scheme grant

The Kickstart Scheme is here – is it right for you? Here, we explain how the scheme works, who is eligible and how to apply

Tax

Rishi Sunak weighs increasing corporation tax to 24%

Business groups dismayed by Treasury move to hit small business with 5% corporation tax increase to help repay Covid debt

Small Business Banking

What do SMEs think is the best business bank account? – survey

Swedish bank Handelsbanken overwhelming favourite when it comes to small businesses recommending a bank to others

Accounting

VAT on taxi fares, vehicles, fuel and staff travel – what can I claim?

Can I claim VAT on Taxi fares? None of the receipts show VAT. What other small business expenses can I claim VAT on?

Government Grants

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme re-opens

The self-employed can apply for help with income lost due to covid 19 as the government opens up the second stage of its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

News

Business Banking Resolution Service opens doors in November

Business Banking Resolution Service will investigate disputes between high-street banks and SMEs going back to 2001

Government Grants

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme re-opens

The self-employed can apply for help with income lost due to covid 19 as the government opens up the second stage of its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.

News

Business Banking Resolution Service opens doors in November

Business Banking Resolution Service will investigate disputes between high-street banks and SMEs going back to 2001

Government Grants

Shops, gyms and restaurants call for £2bn property bounceback grant

Grant would cover 50% of missing rent owed to commercial landlords, saving 375,000 jobs in retail, hospitality and leisure in the process

News

As predicted, Amazon passes on 2% sales tax onto small businesses

Amazon tells small businesses selling through its platform that it is increasing its fees by 2 per cent to cover cost of Government digital sales tax

Crowdfunding for Business

3 ways start-ups can create irresistible investment proposals

Matthew Cushen, co-founder at Worth Capital, provides three ways start-ups can create irresistible investment proposals.

Small Business Banking

B-North plans to lend £1bn to small businesses within four years

New small business lender B-North to rebrand as Bank North if banking licence is approved within weeks, lending an initial £50m to SMEs to test the water

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A guide to getting a small business loan

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Avoid delays with exports and imports

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