No buy-to-let investment decision should be made without first carefully considering the risks. This is by far the single biggest and most common mistake made by newcomers to the BTL […] more»

Employers and employees all know what a bonus is. Still, when it starts getting down to bonuses, sometimes there are misunderstandings and sometimes, scarily, there are unexpected, expensive court cases. […] more»

Small business owners are entrepreneurs who are not afraid of hard work. A taxing (no pun intended) part of the hard work is admin and accounting. SMEs initially keep their […] more»

In the past it was the norm for small and large businesses to establish and maintain close working relations with their local bank managers.  Today, business borrowing is a slightly […] more»

Small businesses are rapidly increasing, especially with a surge in the number of people choosing to become self-employed following the recession and, more recently, the Coronavirus. With many people venturing […] more»

You are a prudent entrepreneur with big dreams, and to achieve these dreams, you are adamant that you are not going to run your business finance in manual books or […] more»

During the budget, Rishi Sunak announced the successor to the CBILS and BBL schemes, which end on 31st March. The new scheme, called the Recovery Loan Scheme will open for […] more»

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has spoken. Unusually there was not too much wailing and complaining flung back at him, and the hubbub was generally positive. One of the red flags raised […] more»

Statutory Sick Pay, abbreviated to SSP, is the legal minimum payment that employers must pay their employees if they are signed off work sick. SSP is enforced when an employee […] more»

The Government?s new grant scheme may still leave many companies out in the cold, say business rates experts more»