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In 2014 UK entrepreneurship reached a record high with some 581,173 new businesses being registered, the vast majority of which were freelancers and SMEs.   Indeed, the explosion in entrepreneurship which has taken place in recent years serves to highlight the substantial contribution that such businesses make to the economy, on both a local and national level.  For example, did you k...
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As though a single budget in the space of a year wasn’t exciting enough, the recent victory of the Conservative party in May’s general election has led Chancellor George Osborne to deliver an emergency budget- the first Conservative-only budget for 2 decades.     As you’d expect we were listening intently throughout, tweeting along the way, and trying to decipher what...
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EcWelcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Online Accounting.  Microbusinesses are making a comeback this year, as the government puts more pressure on their own to pay up on time and provide SMEs easier access to public sector contracts. Unemployment also hit the lowest point since the economic crisis. Let’s take a closer look...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. This month has revealed good news for SMEs and startups, as the government pledges more in growth funds and the country’s workers cotton on to the benefits of being self-employed. Self-employed to outnumber public sector workers by 2018 The number of freelancers and contractors i...
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