Category: Opinion

The school holidays are in full swing and if you’ve got your own business, you are in a fantastic position to offer your children a summer job.

The Internet of Things, or IoT, is one of the more recent technological terms to have crept into the mainstream media in recent years.

Fintech was treated as both an opportunity and a threat since it appeared in the society and it started being used at a greater level.

More than half of new UK businesses don’t survive beyond their first five years and while SME owners will readily blame the tax system, lack of bank lending or late payments, often the failure is down to something much more basic – bad financial management.

Digital technology is responsible for changing the face of many of our traditional industries and none more so than the world of engineering.

For a generation the UK has been able to hold its ground in the global art market through a combination of expertise, competitive costs and a comparatively benign regulatory and fiscal environment.

As part of the drive to mark Independent Retailers Month in Swansea throughout July, Amelia Rudman, Projects Manager of Swansea Business Improvement District, shares her ten reasons why businesses should set up in the city. 

Proposals put forward by the government on employment tax compliance and reporting obligations for those coming to the UK for short business trips (“short term business visitors”) do not go far enough and may adversely affect small businesses.

Annette Stone of Thomas Westcott Chartered Accountants explains to us about a client of hers who operates a takeaway recently found themselves the subject of an HMRC VAT investigation.

News of impending change can provoke resentment, even fear, across any business. This may be quite out of proportion to the disruption that actually takes place.

The arrival of GDPR has led to a number of businesses re-evaluating their approach to marketing and there is an argument that you should probably do the same.