NatWest and RBS launch small business support initiatives

It’s good to see that NatWest and RBS are back attempting to support the small business community across the country.  They have just announced two initiatives – the first is a fund of one billion pounds aimed at the small business borrower, and the...

HMRC – The Errors Continue

I blogged about this back on 4 July, but the issue has become more frequent and serious and therefore I will not apologise for writing about the matter again. The big message I want to get across is this…… “Don’t Spend Tax Blunder...

Top Tips on How to Avoid Fraud – Myth Busters

The Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard have recently released the Little Book of Big Scams, a downloadable guide to avoiding fraud for SME businesses. The guide offers fraud prevention advice to safeguard your business against fraudulent acts whilst complying...

Alternative lenders are in danger of becoming respectable!

Statistics released by two of the main alternative peer to peer lenders suggest that the market is attaining a certain degree of respectability. In the first instance, MarketIinvoice, an online platform which enables companies to secure borrowing on individual...

Rich Tax Becoming The Norm!

Inheritance Tax (tax on death) was traditionally considered to be a tax on the wealthy. However, with the average price of a home in the South East now exceeding £325,000, this ‘rich’ tax is now being brought to the ordinary bereaved taxpayers. In...