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News by Adfero for Simply Business - independent providers of business insurance, business finance, landlord insurance, buy-to-let mortgages & commercial mortgages. Britain's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has highlighted details of the financial squeeze experienced by many small to medium-sized...

News from Simply Business - independent providers of business finance, business insurance, buy-to-let mortgages, commercial mortgages & landlord insurance UK-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should not depend upon one single contract, it has been claimed. According to comments made...

A postal strike can have serious negative consequences for a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), it has been suggested. According to comments made by Belinda Webb, a representative from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), a postal strike can impact...

Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) may be more appropriate for struggling small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than bankruptcy, it has been claimed. According to Stephen Rose, director of the Debt Advice Bureau (Dab), it may be better for a struggling SME...

Many UK-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are averse to taking on staff, it has been claimed. According to comments made by a representative from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), many SMEs avoid employing staff in an effort...

Small and medium sized manufacturing businesses are seeing their domestic orders rise at the highest rate for a decade, despite the rising interest rates and a prevalent late payment culture. According to the Confederation of British Industry, 7% more manufacturing...

For 10 years the Labour government has been promising to successfully tackle the late payment culture that has become endemic in the business community. But according to research fro the Forum of Private Business, late payments are still cited by...

New research from MYOB shows that almost half (46%) of small business owners admit that the time they spend on business administration harms overall profitability. The average small business owner spends the equivalent of 26 days a year on general...

A study by Bibby Financial Services has revealed that 56% of small business owners rely solely on their overdraft facilities and person savings to cope with late paying customers. In addition, only 8% of the respondents have bad debt insurance...

Research by the European Commission shows that the burgeoning late payment culture in the UK is killing small businesses. Late payment costs the UK economy about £20 billion a year and a third of small businesses admit to it being...

Late payment can be a major problem for businesses, especially small firms which rely on a steady flow of money coming in to balance the books. According to David Jones of credit lender Cattles Invoice Finance, many businesses are afraid...