Hamilton Bradshaw, one of the world’s top 50 recruitment companies, has secured a £19m global facility from Invoice and Asset Based lender, ABN AMRO Commercial Finance for its staffing sector investment fund, Human Capital Investment Group.
Category: Money & Tax for the Self-Employed
Everything you need to manage money and tax as a freelancer or sole trader – from self-assessment to invoicing and cashflow.
Over one million SMEs unaware of energy savings on offer with cloud computing
Nearly 90 per cent of UK SMEs surveyed said that they were unaware they could make significant savings on their IT energy footprint by moving their business into the cloud, according to new research by energy company, E.ON
A poor reputation and expensive: UK SMEs reject payday loans
Expensive, with high interest rates and a poor reputation; the latest independent research from BDRC Continental shows the UK’s SMEs do not appear to welcome payday loans as a means of financing their business.
James Caan to chair new Board to distribute £82.5m of start-up business loans to young entrepreneurs
Former BBC Dragon’s Den star James Caan has been approached by Lord Young, advisor to David Cameron on Enterprise, to help the Government drive an initiative to provide start up loans to young people across the country.
Beware of bad debt
SMEs are urge to measure the financial strength of other companies before doing business with them.
“Business deaths” back to highest level for two years
Nearly 70 firms are collapsing every day, the largest number for two years, as banks continue to refuse to lend.
Manufacturers ‘could drive UK recovery’
Manufacturers’ financial health has dramatically improved over the past year, with experts predicting the sector could “drive the UK’s recovery”.
The UK is on the brink of a lasting recovery
Britain is on the brink of a lasting recovery, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), as momentum builds in the global economy.
Government calls for new types of pension schemes
The government is exploring new types of pension schemes that would give more security to retiring workers.
Unexpected UK Growth News to Drive British Pound Sterling Higher in April
The April outlook for British Pound Sterling is expected to be resilient, mainly due to recent PMI data releases about services sector, construction and manufacturing of the UK economy and also struggling eurozone economy.
VAT registrations: Timing is everything
Accordance, the VAT compliance and consulting practice, is warning companies not to bury their heads in the sand when it comes to VAT registrations.
Santander named ‘Business Bank of the Year for record tenth time
Santander has walked off with three awards at the annual Business Moneyfacts Awards.
The Budget 2012: How it affects business
The Chancellor has announced his third budget. One which he announced would be good for British business and allow the Uk to ‘earn its way in the world.’
Balance transfer credit cards: How useful are they?
With credit card interest rates at an all-time high, it can be difficult to get out from under a large cloud of debt. Interest takes a large bite out of each month’s payment; but what if it were possible to reduce the percentage of the payment that gets eaten up by interest?
New VAT risk to employee benefits
Businesses that fail to review their employee benefit packages or don’t look at the VAT implications for new benefits do so at their peril following a new approach introduced by the taxman, warns accountants James Cowper.
