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Financing

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.

A small business owner’s guide to IR35

As soon as you engage a freelancer, you are exposed to IR35, as Gary Elliott reveals.

Accounting

Tax

What is a reasonable excuse for missing your tax return payment?

January blues, tube strike or Brexit are not 'reasonable excuses' to have missed your tax return payment.

Government Grants

How one business found grant finance for photography studios

Keith White discusses how his clothing business achieved a grant through East Sussex County Council.

Accounting

Four things to remember if you miss the self-assessment deadline

Emily Coltman gives her top tips for small businesses completing their tax return after the deadline.

Accounting

Pension changes causing confusion for half of UK small businesses

Many small businesses still do not fully understand the auto-enrolment rules, as this piece reveals.

Accounting

What small businesses want from the Chancellor in the Spring budget

Chancellor should include delay to digital tax deadline in Spring Budget to assist small businesses according to Simon Littlejohns.

Business Loans

What is the true cost to SMEs of business loans?

Alternative lender Fleximize bids to tackle lack of transparency of small business loans with new rate comparison tool.

Financing

So you think you don’t need a finance director?

Here, Louise Kingston from Livingbridge highlights why hiring a Finance Director can be beneficial to your business.

Business Loans

What is the true cost to SMEs of business loans?

Alternative lender Fleximize bids to tackle lack of transparency of small business loans with new rate comparison tool.

Financing

So you think you don’t need a finance director?

Here, Louise Kingston from Livingbridge highlights why hiring a Finance Director can be beneficial to your business.

Business Loans

How to get approved for a small business loan

Here, Peter Tuvey gives a few tips on how a small business owner can get that all-important ‘yes’ from a chosen lender.

Financing

How to squeeze the penny and make your pounds count

Here, Richard Stonier, co-founder and partner of online accounting software, Tally, explores some of the chief ways that new businesses can save money.

Accounting

How to save yourself a £100 fine for late filing

LITRG encourages small businesses to have a reasonable excuse to offer HMRC if they delay handing in their tax returns.

Small Business Banking

Have SMEs got the cashflow to tackle the new year slump?

Keith Softly, head of asset and invoice finance product, global transaction banking at Lloyds Banking Group discusses how SMEs can keep on top of cashflow now the festive rush has died down.

Business Technology

Future-proof your business communications set-up

Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings

Business Loans

A guide to getting a small business loan

Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.

Business Technology

Friendly guide – top tips for small businesses switching to VoIP

With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!

Export & Import

Avoid delays with exports and imports

Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world