Small company owners who bank with either RBS or NatWest will gain access to FreeAgent accounting software, that will link directly to their bank account. more»

For those running a sole trader enterprise, it can be tempting to simply use your personal current account for business transactions, but that can lead to a number of problems. more»

Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside a compensation fund worth 400m that it hopes will end the small business restructuring scandal that has plagued the bank since 2014. more»

Chairman of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB), Paul Goodman, explains why small companies have, until this week's bank referral scheme, been woefully ill-equipped to navigate the UK finance landscape. more»

Small business owners who are finding it difficult to obtain finance from major high street banks will from today be paired up with alternative funding options, under a new government initiative. more»

Small business owners in Britain are seeking damages from the Royal Bank of Scotland amounting to 1bn, following claims that the bank's now defunct Global Restructuring Group drove businesses to the brink of financial collapse for its own gain. more»

In a letter to business and commercial customers, RBS and its English operation NatWest announced that several changes would be made to its terms and conditions, including one that would allow for interest to be charged on deposits. more»

Some 15m of emergency payments have been made by insurers to UK businesses to aid attempts to recover from the worst flooding that some cities in the North of England have ever seen, according to new statistics by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). more»

The banking watchdog, has come under fire for pulling "many of its punches" in the report exploring how to improve competition in the sector. more»

The Conservative chairman of the Treasury select committee has written to the PRA, urging it to consider the impact of the new bank tax on smaller lenders. more»