One of the best ways of keeping your business’s cash flow healthy is to ensure that you get paid quickly by your customers. But, unfortunately, this can also be one of the most difficult and frustrating things about running a micro-business.
Category: Finance
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How fintech is reshaping the money transfer industry
The way we manage, control and access our money has fundamentally changed. Gone are the days of paper cheque books and cash-only payments; now we’re in a digital-first world where, essentially, money lives online.
The importance of pre transaction planning
The sale of a business is a process with a timeline.
Five tips on auto enrolment for small firms
As thousands of small firms small firms get nearer to the date when they must enrol for a workplace pension, how can founders cut through the pensions jargon to find the right auto enrolment platform for them?
Crowdfunding sites aim to make the law accessible to all
Using the internet to harness the financial power of crowds is hardly novel. Almost since the first electronic impulse pinged its way across the world wide web, entrepreneurs have been dreaming up sites to facilitate everything from charitable donation to hard-nosed investment.
How to measure how profitable your company really is
The Profit & Loss Account of a business (also known as the Income Statement) shows the revenue earned and the expenses incurred over a specified period of time. This trading account is where you will find the profit figure – and be able to determine the overall profitability of the business.
HMRC set to take Chancellors lead & propose changes to IR35
HMRC have put forward a proposal to amend the legislation related to people using service companies, otherwise known as IR35, in a new discussion document.
Government removes bans on SMEs borrowing against unpaid invoices
Small companies will be given the right to raise funds by borrowing against unpaid invoices from big business customers from early next year, Small Business Minister Anna Soubry has announced.
Don’t become complacent with auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment may already have started for many businesses, but you need to keep your eye on the ball to make sure you’re still complying with the complex rules, says Lee Maddock, Director at Millbank Financial Solutions…
Is your year end threatening the sustainability of your business?
Does your Year End threaten the sustainability of your business? Choosing the wrong Year End could mean disaster.
Realising value: the importance of correctly structuring equity ownership
On a sale of a company it might reasonably be assumed that all the vendor shareholders are subject to the same tax treatment. They are not.
The SME’s wish-list for tomorrows Budget
With the first conservative budget to be announced tomorrow, expectations of longer Sunday trading hours and increased inheritance tax are being rumoured. But what can small business owners expect, and what would be ideal for them?
Micro businesses failing to bill £11.3 billion a year
Micro-businesses are potentially in danger of becoming undervalued and underpaid as new research shows that nearly two in three micro business owners do not track or record any of their time.
Preparing for a VAT inspection
In days gone by, a popular tactic for dealing with a VAT inspection was to make it as uncomfortable for the inspector as possible, hoping that they would get fed up and leave before finding anything wrong.
Grant Thornton makes £22m tech investment in Geniac
Geniac, the UK start up taking the headache out of fast growth for small businesses, has announced investment of up to £22m from business advisors, Grant Thornton UK LLP.
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