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Understanding income and expenditure

Sole traders must keep records of their business’s sales and expenses, while limited companies must retain yearly records for six years. As it can be a confusing process, accounting software...
Scott McLay
Scott McLay
Sage
Posted on: 30.10.17
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Learn how to manage your money before you start your own business

The excitement of becoming an entrepreneur is all well and good until you realise that your business isn’t actually making any money.
Ollie Collard
Ollie Collard
Business West
Posted on: 20.10.17
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5 ways to manage your late payments

Over £55bn is owed to UK SMEs in late payments with an average wait of 24 days beyond agreed invoice payment dates. Here's how to stay on top of your late payments.
Scott McLay
Scott McLay
Sage
Posted on: 17.10.17
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Grants for WoE businesses to incentivise staff to use more sustainable transport

Businesses across the West of England have until the 16th June 2017 to apply for the TravelWest grant which will go towards the cost of incentivising their staff to take up more sustainable forms of...
Nina Skubala
Nina Skubala
Business West
Posted on: 04.05.17
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How to avoid foreign exchange pitfalls for small and medium sized business

This post highlights the foreign exchange dangers and the best ways to reduce the risk of currency fluctuations when trading globally.
Posted on: 06.04.17
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6 big changes to your business finances this April

A new financial year brings with it a host of changes for businesses, and 2017 is a bumper year in this regard, with April marking the introduction of a range of government measures that will impact...
Posted on: 06.04.17
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Entrepreneur launches business to help chronic pain sufferers

On the surface London-based account manager Jody Dennett had it all. A successful career at one of the UK’s leading marketing agencies, an active social life and a place of her own in an area that...
Posted on: 07.03.17
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From campsite to high-street: Stoned pizza’s start-up journey

What started as four best friends cooking up artisan stone baked pizzas in campsites, by the beach, and at festivals has now pitched up camp at a permanent site in Braunton, Devon. Stoned’s meteoric...
Posted on: 17.02.17
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Is your business paying too much for energy?

Although TV and radio bombard us with messages to switch our home gas and electricity bills, plenty of us don’t do anything about it. The same goes for businesses. Research and face-to-face...
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
Businesselectricityprices.org.uk
Posted on: 06.01.17
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