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.

Six tips for those comparing alternative business finance

Conrad Ford gives advice on choosing the right funding options before taking the plunge into your business.

Alternative finance

Payroll

Small business employees show little tolerance for payroll errors

More than a third (35 per cent) of employees say they would look for a new job if their employer paid them incorrectly just once, research finds.

Alternative finance

How I funded my fintech company

Richard Prime discusses the lessons he learned during the funding mission for his company Sonovate, which provides finance to the contract recruitment industry.

Financing

Early-stage financial advice from three tech start-ups

Nigel Breddy speaks to three businesses about the early-stage financial difficulties they experienced and the lessons they learned.

Payroll

Small businesses want a simpler PAYE system

A simplified payroll system tops the wish list for almost a quarter of UK SMEs, research finds.

Small Business Banking

Do small businesses still need banks?

As the alternative finance sector continues to grow at a rapid rate, Paul Mildenstein considers if banks have had their day.

Accounting

Credit monitoring conundrums – The importance of credit checking for small businesses

David Haxton discusses the importance of detailed credit checking for small businesses.

Alternative finance

Ways to fund business growth for a small company

Phil Mitchell presents an updated look at the options for financing an early-stage company's growth.

Accounting

Credit monitoring conundrums – The importance of credit checking for small businesses

David Haxton discusses the importance of detailed credit checking for small businesses.

Alternative finance

Ways to fund business growth for a small company

Phil Mitchell presents an updated look at the options for financing an early-stage company's growth.

Alternative finance

Has the Growth Voucher scheme helped small businesses?

Aaron Dicks assesses what the government's Growth Voucher initiative was aiming to do, how it has helped the companies that have used it and where the scheme's pitfalls were found.

Accounting