Accountants urged to step up and steer SMEs through turbulent times
Accounting Firms

Accountants urged to step up and steer SMEs through turbulent times

4y Jeremy Chan

Accountants urged to step up and steer SMEs throug...

Accountants encouraged to help guide SMEs through ‘the most turbulent time they have ever experienced’. Read More...

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The importance of forecasting for SMEs
Business

The importance of forecasting for SMEs

4y Dominic Buch

The importance of forecasting for SMEs

By Dominic Buch, managing partner and co-founder, Caple Read More...

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Digital technologies present opportunities for SMEs
Technology

Digital technologies present opportunities for SMEs

4y Jeremy Chan

Digital technologies present opportunities for SME...

Accountants well placed to help educate SMEs of the benefits of digitisation. Read More...

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UK small businesses waste a week chasing late payments
Business

UK small businesses waste a week chasing late payments

4y Jeremy Chan

UK small businesses waste a week chasing late paym...

SMEs spend 56.4 million hours looking for overdue payments, most of which is done after hours. Read More...

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Adding value to your practice with alternative finance
Accounting Firms

Adding value to your practice with alternative finance

4y Chris Jewers

Adding value to your practice with alternative fin...

“In 2017/18 we started to realise that accountants were looking to bring advisory services into their business, and when the accountants work with the...

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Why are SMEs looking beyond traditional banks for finance?
Business

Why are SMEs looking beyond traditional banks for finance?

4y Tom Lemmon

Why are SMEs looking beyond traditional banks for ...

Ricky Shankar, Chairman of Clear Factor, explains how his own experience with banks led to the creation of Clear Factor - a decentralised global invoi...

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First six months of MTD compliance generated £815m for SMEs
HMRC

First six months of MTD compliance generated £815m for SMEs

4y Leanna Reeves

First six months of MTD compliance generated £815m...

Report claims that small businesses have benefited from MTD through increased productivity and growth, generating over £815m over six months after its...

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Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payments
Business

Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payments

5y Chris Jewers

Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payme...

In Episode 2 of Inside Accountancy, Accountancy Age reporter Chris Jewers discusses the issue of late payments with Dr Louise Beaumont. Read More...

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Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors need accountant's expertise
Personal Tax

Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors need accountant's expertise

5y Chris Jewers

Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors nee...

The survey found that the problem was particularly prevalent among employees of smaller businesses, with 77% of SME employees believing, incorrectly, ...

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ICAEW calls for more flexible Apprenticeship Levy
Training & CPD

ICAEW calls for more flexible Apprenticeship Levy

5y Chris Jewers

ICAEW calls for more flexible Apprenticeship Levy

The accountancy sector has benefited significantly from apprenticeships, which have helped plug the skills gap and support growth among small practice...

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Small businesses more likely to overpay taxes than be fined
MTD

Small businesses more likely to overpay taxes than be fined

5y Chris Jewers

Small businesses more likely to overpay taxes than...

Research commissioned by QuickBooks has found a lack of confidence among business owners when it comes of filing their VAT, with just 1-in-4 (27%) say...

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Rise of integrated SME ‘cockpit’ means accountants must evolve fast
Accounting Firms

Rise of integrated SME ‘cockpit’ means accountants must evolve fast

5y Louis Carbonnier

Rise of integrated SME ‘cockpit’ means accountants...

As banking, accountancy and technology collide, SMEs are gaining unprecedented visibility of their finances. Louis Carbonnier, Co-CEO and Co-Founder o...

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Why you don’t need to be a finance wiz to successfully manage your business accounts
Business

Why you don’t need to be a finance wiz to successfully manage your business...

5y Nic Redfern

Why you don’t need to be a finance wiz to successf...

Nic Redfern of Knowyourmoney.co.uk has some advice for small businesses and those that serve them on the best way to manage finances from cashflow to ...

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Poor leadership hits small business while confidence sinks to two year low
Business

Poor leadership hits small business while confidence sinks to two year low

5y Tom Lemmon

Poor leadership hits small business while confiden...

A lack of strong leadership, primarily caused by a “soft skills gap”, is preventing SMEs from tackling the myriad of challenges they face, according t...

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A blended approach to lending for SMEs
Business

A blended approach to lending for SMEs

5y Dominic Buch

A blended approach to lending for SMEs

Caple's Dominic Buch explains how SMEs without assets to use as security can benefit from a blended approach to funding - fuelling the growth that hel...

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Women in Business survey: SMEs call on government to help with parental leave
People In Business

Women in Business survey: SMEs call on government to help with parental lea...

5y Tom Lemmon

Women in Business survey: SMEs call on government ...

The cost and resource of maternity and paternity leave is an overwhelming concern for SMEs and the government should be stepping in to help, according...

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Three ways SMEs can get ahead of the competition in times of economic uncertainty
Business

Three ways SMEs can get ahead of the competition in times of economic uncer...

5y Colin O'Flaherty

Three ways SMEs can get ahead of the competition i...

Colin O'Flaherty of Global Commercial Services UK at American Express details how SMEs can stay ahead of the game in uncertain times Read More...

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Part One: Understanding cyber security in accountancy
Security

Part One: Understanding cyber security in accountancy

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Part One: Understanding cyber security in accounta...

Emmy Hawker takes a deep dive into cyberspace, assessing how prepared accountancy firms and practices are for the ever-growing threat of cyber-crime R...

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London employment levels slowed by Brexit?
Brexit & Economy

London employment levels slowed by Brexit?

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

London employment levels slowed by Brexit?

Morgan McKinley has shared their insights with Accountancy Age Read More...

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What do you sacrifice for your business?
Career

What do you sacrifice for your business?

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

What do you sacrifice for your business?

Yorkshire Bank’s most recent research has revealed the extent in which UK entrepreneurs risk their own wellbeing in the name of business Read More...

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Holland & Barrett shamed for poor supplier payment practices
Business

Holland & Barrett shamed for poor supplier payment practices

5y Accountancy Age

Holland & Barrett shamed for poor supplier payment...

The health food group has been called out for taking an average of 68 days to pay clients Read More...

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“20% of SMEs are running into cash-flow problems because of late payment[s],” says CYBG
Business

“20% of SMEs are running into cash-flow problems because of late payment[s]...

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

“20% of SMEs are running into cash-flow problems b...

Earlier this month, Accountancy Age spoke with Graeme Sands, the corporate and mid-market director of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group (CYBG...

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One week to go—are you ready for MTD? 
MTD

One week to go—are you ready for MTD? 

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

One week to go—are you ready for MTD? 

Intuit QuickBooks has been keeping track of businesses readying themselves for Making Tax Digital Read More...

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The impact of late payments on SMEs
Business

The impact of late payments on SMEs

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

The impact of late payments on SMEs

Brexit isn’t the only issue smaller businesses need to be worrying about Read More...

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How can tax relief benefits help to grow your business?
Tax

How can tax relief benefits help to grow your business?

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

How can tax relief benefits help to grow your busi...

Results from KPMG’s Backing Business Growth Survey have revealed that many businesses are still not capitalising on the benefits available to them Rea...

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Tech series: How accountants can help SMEs get the funding they need
Technology

Tech series: How accountants can help SMEs get the funding they need

5y Beth McLoughlin

Tech series: How accountants can help SMEs get the...

Dominic Buch is CEO and co-founder of Caple, an alternative credit specialist helping SMEs to fill the funding gap Read More...

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Our small business problem - and how technology can solve it
Technology

Our small business problem - and how technology can solve it

5y Duncan Collins

Our small business problem - and how technology ca...

Duncan Collins, founder of Runagood, on how help is at hand for the UK's small businesses looking to grow Read More...

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