Category: Finance

Carl Elsby, MD of chartered accountants Elsby & Co looks at the tax reliefs and schemes available to support small business for growth in the coming year.

Richard Watts, Marketing Director at FundingKnight gives us his top tips on how to get the funding you need from crowdlending platforms

The phrase ‘Auto-Enrolment’ is something that all business owners will probably have heard and will have thought they’ve understood – which is just as well as more than 38,000 businesses will need to complete the process in 2014. But have business owners really realised the timescales involved in complying and the fines involved if they’re even just one day late?

As banks continue to replenish their depleted capital stocks in a bid to fall in line with new regulatory targets, lending to small and medium sized business have found difficulty in borrowing money from traditional financial institutions.

Derek Armstrong, general practice partner at independent accountancy practice Jackson Stephen LLP, highlights the top five options to consider when raising finance for a new business.

Many of us will already be counting the cost of Christmas and planning a very frugal start to 2014, to compensate for an overspend in the festive season. But for many SMEs who have not sufficiently planned for the looming tax deadline, January can be a very daunting time.

John Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer at Ellipse explains why taking out insurance on your company’s biggest asset – you, the owner – is vital, but the most commonly forgotten risk mitigation factor.

Kaplan Financial is an organisation which offers training in accountancy and financial matters. It has been established in the UK since the mid 20th century and offers its services throughout 28 educational centres, as well as providing online courses.

It’s December, which means the festive decorations are up and theatres are starting to stage their annual pantomime performances.

As a business, there are a wide range of benefits which can be found through the introduction of effective accounting software. In addition to ensuring accuracy across the business, this type of software can also go a long way towards saving a significant amount of time for employees, enabling their time to be used as efficiently as possible.

Every business, whether you are trading as a sole trader, a partnership and/or a limited company needs to have a year end i.e. a period up to which you make your accounts and other returns.

Carl Elsby of Elsby & Co explains the Employment Allowance due to come into effect next year and looks at its likely impact on small businesses.

what are the issues facing anyone who fancies going it alone and setting up a new business? As it’s Financial Planning Week, it’s a great time to highlight some of the main financial planning considerations if you’re doing just that.

Cambridge & Counties Bank has announced the launch of its new market leading business bond for SME’s and charity/clubs.