Simply Business Features

Death and taxes. Both are certain but only one is an annual requirement for the small business. If you don’t have an accountant to take on the tax for your business, it makes sense to familiarise yourself with at least...

by Simply Business The credit crunch is causing problems for everyone, from home-owners to business-owners. In many cases the problems for small businesses are the result of the crunch joining forces with other factors that cannot be controlled, such as...

by Adfero Running a business can be difficult enough without the added problem of customers who pay late or try to evade payment. When an expected payment is not forthcoming, the difficulties this can present to a small or medium-sized...

European Union Grants Advisor This organisation, led by Microsoft, aims to give business start-ups a better understanding of the funding that is available for small businesses and help with how to apply for it. Visit: the European Union Grants Advisor...

By Rosie Beasley Managing cash flow effectively is an important factor in how successful your business is and will be. Making a healthy profit does not guarantee that your cash flow will be stable – these are two very different...

By Rosie Beasley Do you regularly put off monitoring your cash flow in favour of other less stressful tasks? With small business owners facing not only the effects of the credit crunch, a floundering stock market and the repercussions of...

T’is the season to be jolly, to take clients out for lunch, to put up decorations in the office and to put off some of your more tedious jobs until 2008. Perhaps even to temporarily forget about any cash flow...

By Rosie Beasley for Simply Business Television shows such as Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice have given lots of wannabe entrepreneurs in Britain the motivation they needed to make their dream business a reality. In the last few years...

by Karen Baldwin for Simply Business Taking your business to the next level is an exciting and - assuming all goes to plan - rewarding process. However, choosing the right type of funding to achieve your goals has the potential...