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Financial Management

Pre-Budget Report 2009: the key points for businesses

Alistair Darling has pledged some help for growing businesses in what might be his last pre-Budget report, but employers will be less pleased about the planned rise in national insurance.

Financial Management

Financial Management

Get your house in order

There are four lessons that businesses can learn from the MPs’ expenses experience which would go a long way to ensuring that expenses are kept in line in the business world.

Financial Management

The changing role of the chief finance officer

The credit freeze has tested the skills of a chief finance officer like never before. GrowthBusiness meets the accountants who have both an entrepreneurial spirit and a keen sense of control.

Financial Management

The problem with recovery

David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce, argues that recovery does not mean a return to normal.

Financial Management

A closer look at Sharemark

For companies looking to delist or which have been hit by trading illiquidity, Sharemark could be the answer. James Harris reports

Financial Management

You and your accountant

The relationship between a business owner and her accountant can be absolutely critical.

Financial Management

Are your debtors worth pursuing?

In these cash-strapped times, more and more businesses will find their customers ceasing to pay. Creditors have to decide whether it is viable to pursue the debt.

Financial Management

Where to cut costs

Shutting down offices abroad may not necessarily be the best course of action when looking to cut costs

Financial Management

Are your debtors worth pursuing?

In these cash-strapped times, more and more businesses will find their customers ceasing to pay. Creditors have to decide whether it is viable to pursue the debt.

Financial Management

Where to cut costs

Shutting down offices abroad may not necessarily be the best course of action when looking to cut costs

Financial Management

The pensions crisis and 2012

Changes to pension legislation in 2012 will revolutionise the balance of responsibility between company and employee.

Financial Management

Tax breaks for investors in AIM

Now business asset taper relief has been removed, what are the remaining AIM shares tax relief and tax incentives for investors in AIM?

Financial Management

Dangers of deflation… and inflation

Unpredictability in the economy is making it hard for businesses to plan ahead, as Clive Lewis, head of SME issues at accountancy body ICAEW, explains.

Financial Management

Juggling revenues with increasingly elusive grant funding – The Ecology Centre

The Ecology Centre generates much of its income from commercial activities. Development manager Julie Samuel explains how she juggles revenues with increasingly elusive grant funding.