Nobody can sneeze at the moment without glares from those nearby and someone shouting “Swine Flu” but the risk to businesses is real and serious. With an expected peak starting in August, to tie in with the holiday season, an expected 30% of the population is expected to contract the virus and require up to [...]

According to Syscap, Firms will soon have credit lines available for the first time since the global economy went into meltdown last year. After the collapse of Landsbanki subsidiary Key Business Finance in October last year, Firms have been finding it difficult to secure finance and Syscap has now secured new lines of funding worth [...]

I was looking into various ways that small businesses can help to reduce their tax burden when I found this. It seems like the perfect place to start when putting a series of articles together to assist smaller companies with their taxes. Credit to Small Business for the original work. Most people who start up [...]

Credit ratings expert calls SMEs to show ‘financial transparency’ if they want to avoid lending decisions being based on accounts compiled during the recession. Confidential financial information may have to be disclosed by small and medium sized companies if they want to avoid lending decisions being based on accounts compiled during the recession…. Confidential financial [...]

HM Revenue and Customs has launched an online scheme for secondary school students to learn about tax issues. The resource will contain modules on income tax, national insurance and tax. The website contains materials to study, as well as online games and videos and to top it off the classroom favourite – a quiz! The [...]