More than £15 million in funding has been secured for businesses after they were rejected by their banks, new figures reveal. Read More
Month: August 2018
More Brits turning people in to HMRC for tax evasion
The number of calls to the UK tax authority’s fraud hotline doubled last year, with more than 40,000 tip-offs from informants claiming they are aware of someone they know not paying their taxes. Read More
SDLT receipts up year-on-year
The latest official data reveals that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) collected £12.47 billion in Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in the year to the end of July. This is up from the £12.44 billion brought in during the same period the previous year. Read More
Small businesses must not ignore a “no-deal” Brexit, says FSB
News broke this week that the Government was preparing to release a raft of documents detailing what businesses should do in the event of a no deal Brexit. Read More
Study suggests SMEs need a helping hand with their finances
A new study suggests that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling to keep on top of their day-to-day costs – and could use a helping hand in the finance department. Read More
More than a third of SMEs offering flexible working to reduce absenteeism, study finds
Over a third of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are offering flexible working hours in a bid to support their staff, compared to just under a quarter of larger firms. Read More
UK businesses boosted by £9 billion thanks to superfast broadband
New Government figures indicate that gaining access to faster broadband has boosted UK businesses by £9 billion. Read More
HMRC launches new customs service
Businesses trading internationally can now use the first iteration of the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS). Read More
Calls for SMEs to ‘go cashless’
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing mounting pressure to ‘go cashless’ and adopt new payments technology in order to keep up to speed with consumer trends. Read More
More than half of UK landlords are optimistic about outlook for buy to let market
A new survey has found that over half of landlords in the UK feel optimistic about the buy to let sector despite a raft of regulatory and tax changes introduced in recent years. Read More