The latest SME Confidence Tracker from Biddy Financial Services reveals that business confidence is down by ten percentage basis points compared with the start of the year. ...
From the very first moment that you launch your business, it’s important to keep your financial affairs in order. Keeping accurate records and having a sensible accounts solution in place are just two aspects of this, but ensuring that you ...
According to the 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report from Cisco, cyber-crime is on the rise. They’re in the news all the time these days, at least when it happens to the high profile companies. Unfortunately, a lot of small business owners ...
Soft Brexit. Hard Brexit. Somewhere-in-the-middle Brexit. Quick Brexit, slow Brexit. Brexit negotiated by the left; Brexit negotiated by the right. ...
Qdos Contractor, a leading contractor tax advisor has called on the government to rethink the current tax system. They have suggested that the way the tax system affects the UK’s 2 million contractors and freelancers could be changed. ...
A year after the Brexit referendum, the AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) has surveyed small business owners (who were evenly split on the issue of whether to leave or remain) on their feelings towards Brexit now. ...
PayPal has announced that it’s now lent £400 million to British small businesses through PayPal Working Capital. ...
The sun is shining and the summer of love is upon us – at least, as far as freelancers and SMEs are concerned. New research from freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour has shown that SMEs and freelancers are a match made in ...
A recent report from insurers Hiscox has found that many companies are still inadequately protected against cybercrime, and that its SMEs who are hardest hit by it – and least prepared. ...
Lose The 9-5; Gain the 8-10 The survey, commissioned by tech investment company BGF Ventures and conducted by market research company Streetbees, showed that long hours are a particular problem. 26% of founders said they worked between 50 and 59 ...