SMEs

Business owners should be aware that banks may not be able to provide credit and offer support in the frosty economic climate making business protection increasingly important, writes Jerry Bayman.

The Association of IFAs (AIFA) has expressed its "delight" at Government measures designed to help small businesses survive the economic turmoil.

Details of how firms can take advantage of a Business Payment Support Service unveiled in today's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) are now available.

Confidence levels among Britain's small business owners have remained at the same level for two quarters in a row, according to the Bank of Scotland.

We all know the story of the Three Little Pigs and how important it is to have strong foundations in both our personal and business lives. This helps us to weather the ‘storms' that come along all too frequently.

Just 40% of the UK's 3.4m small enterprises (SMEs) have set aside sufficient funds to cover their corporation tax payments ahead of the deadline, according to research by Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank.

IFAs have a key role to play helping small and medium sized enterprises(SMEs) which are missing out on over a billion pounds a year by keeping money in low-paying business current accounts, Standard Life Bank says.

STANDARD LIFE yesterday shrugged off a near 50% decline in sales of individual pensions in the first nine months of the year as it continued to push its higher-margin products - a key part of its plans to float on the stock market in 2006, according to...

More than a third of British small to medium sized firms (SMEs) are oblivious to any changes in the pensions legislation on 6 April next year, new research indicates.

GORDON BROWN is gaining millions of pounds a year for the Treasury by leaving tax allowances and thresholds in line with inflation, says this morning's Times newspaper.