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The new Making Tax initiative waves goodbye to paper reports once and for all. As it started from the beginning of April 2019 here's a handy overview. Just when we think we've found our stride amidst business meetings various, marketing efforts, managing your staff, and stressing over making ends meet - we get hit with another curveball. As if running your own startup wasn't difficult enough - we...
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Squirrel - The lowdown on the FinTech app that will manage your money for you, helping you save and budget... Whilst for some people, handling and budgeting money is a doddle, for others it is anything but - as soon as money goes into their bank account, it seems to go straight back out!If this sounds familiar and if your finances are less than healthy, then we reckon our latest startup of the we...
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A couple of months ago, the UK government launched a new consultation into Making Tax Digital, its ambitious plan to implement a fully digital tax system across the whole of the UK by 2020. With consultation documents published and people invited to comment on the proposals, what are the main things that small business owners need to be aware of?  Emily Coltman FCA, chief accounta...
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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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Spring clean your way to a better business in 2014! The daylight hours are getting longer which means that now is the time to start thinking about how you can do some much-needed business Spring cleaning. But instead of just papering over the cracks or carrying out some minor cosmetic touch-ups, could this be the year that your Spring clean helps revolutionise the way that you work and add real ...
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Many people harbour an unfulfilled dream of starting their own business, a secret yearning for self-sufficiency and independence that they keep quietly tucked away each day as they head off for work. It is an ambition that for most will remain unrealised as they allow practicalities, financial responsibilities and other life circumstances to snuff out any hope of ever achieving it. That’s w...
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