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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

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.

Financial Management

How to spend the summer months

If, like many businesses, you are quieter during the summer, here are some ideas for productive ways to spend that time.

Financial Management

Green tax breaks and loans

A look at tax breaks and interest-free loans available to businesses investing in green technology or energy efficiency.

Financial Management

How to spend the summer months

If, like many businesses, you are quieter during the summer, here are some ideas for productive ways to spend that time.

Financial Management

Green tax breaks and loans

A look at tax breaks and interest-free loans available to businesses investing in green technology or energy efficiency.

Financial Management

Late payment interest and compensation: the basics

A quick overview on late payment interest and compensation from debt recovery specialist Lovetts.

Financial Management

The UK versus the Eurozone

Mahamed Djeddour, senior fellow in strategy and international business at Manchester Business School, looks at the UK’s competitive positioning within Europe.

Financial Management

Businesses could get billions back from HMRC

A landmark case means that businesses could get billions back from HMRC in overpaid VAT, writes Stuart Long, solicitor at Howard Kennedy.

Financial Management

Business Leaders Advise: Don’t run out of cash

Ensuring you have cash to keep operations running is the most basic thing in business, but it's the downfall of many a company. Here are some tips from well-known British business leaders on how to manage cash.