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Half million new businesses begin trading in 2013 Britain is on track to see more than 500,000 new start businesses begin trading in 2013, according to the latest research. So far more than 397,000 businesses have been started this year, which,…

Cashflow Survival - What Every Director Should Know At this current moment in time, the old adage “Sales is vanity, profit is sanity but cash is king” is probably more appropriate now than at any other time. Directors of SME’s throughout the UK really…

SMEs forgetting to invoice debtors Small businesses across the UK are failing to collect billions of pounds of revenue due to forgotten invoices, according to the latest survey by business and finance software provider Exact. One…

External finance for SMEs rising in popularity 44% of small businesses have reported using external finance facilities in Q2 2013, according to the latest SME Finance Monitor report, up from 39% in Q1. The use of alternative forms of finance…

SME resources stretched by tax admin Small business owners across the UK are losing approximately 12 days a year due to lengthy tax administration processes, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). More…