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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Online Accounting. It’s the beginning of a new year and things are looking optimistic, especially for small business and startups. However, a lot lies in the balance – elections are fast approaching and government parties are expected to step-up in support of Britain’s vanguard of...
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Financial forecasts that will affect small business in 2015... 2015 has been hailed as a‘pivotal year for small business’. There are now more startups, self-employed and small businesses than ever before, in fact 99% of the 4.9 million businesses in the UK are small and micro businesses. This is a key sector of the market and it is increasingly important for policy makers to focus on ...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. The introduction of the freelance tsarThe introduction of a freelance tsar this month indicates the government are taking self-employed workers more seriously. General confidence is also up among Britain's army of small businesses and the self-employed but there is a large consensus tha...
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For small businesses, using a traditional bank account overdraft facility to overcome cash flow problems has become a much less readily available option. Thankfully, there are other alternatives to bank overdrafts emerging for SMEs and the following options are already helping thousands of small firms find financial flexibility when they need it most.1 – Invoice factoring and discounting&nbs...
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Here at Startacus we do like a good reminder. After all if like us you've a fab but reasonably flat / small team of paid employees the chances are there's a good deal of multitasking and 'pulling in all directions' going on!  So, for those of you with a responsibility towards wages, payroll, administration, cash-flow, managing the books - and probably a whole lot more, take note of this ver...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. Scotland decided to stay in the UK and the media moved their clairvoyance elsewhere. Meanwhile, September saw more growth for small and micro-businesses, who, it is predicted, will change the face of British enterprise. Ed Miliband also showed his support for the self-employed ‘ar...
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Crowdfunding is bloomin’ marvellous isn’t it? And if Indiegogo is to have its way, it could be about to take yet another giant leap forward, through its pioneering development of a new ongoing funding scheme. Thus far, all crowdfunding platforms have offered eager campaigners a splendidly simple proposition - reach your funding target, and the money is yours, fail to reach it and it's...
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Ideas for Convincing the Bank That Your Idea is Credible If you'd like to start a business and need the initial funds to get your idea off of the ground, you'll have to be persuasive.  Convincing a bank that your business idea is credible is quite the challenge.  Let's take a look at some tips to make it happen. Show How You'll Use The Money Bank lenders will be more receptive to your...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting. August was a record-breaking month for small businesses and startups. The number of Britons going it alone in business skyrocketed with the over 50s taking the lead for the UK’s most entrepreneurial generation. The government is also doing more to support the growing vanguard of s...
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Welcome to the Startacus monthly financial news round-up, brought to you by Sophie Turton of Crunch Accounting.SMEs and freelancers have been given government backing this month, as the rising number of self-employed continues to spark discussion in parliament. On the flip-side, late payments have been found to seriously affect SME success rates, with 60% of small businesses experiencing tardy pay...
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