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Did you know that moving premises could affect your credit score? How?

Many small enterprises in the business to business sector suffer cash flow problems because their customers do not honour their payment commitments at the time agreed.

In 2007, few people foresaw the drastic reduction of interest rates to come, including financial advisers. They were enthusiastic about swaps, the hedging products designed to protect business loans from interest rises.

Only a small proportion of UK small and medium sized businesses sell online. The others could be missing out on the many e-commerce advantages. It’s clearly the way of the future and, unless they make the jump, they will be left behind.

Most entrepreneurs start a new year determined to make changes that will bring benefits. One of the areas of your business it could pay to take a good look at is purchasing.

If you have a company with a March year end, you may be starting to think about the annual accounts about now.

Social media platforms are recognised, not only as opportunities to collect customer data, but also for a super-fast way to spread the word wide about brands and products.

The government’s Supply Chain Finance Scheme (SCFS), announced by the Prime Minister last month, has had a mixed reception.

One of the advantages of being a small business is that your customer base is probably small enough to make good communication and a personal touch relatively easy.

Chancellor George Osborne’s tax yield targets have given HMRC quite a challenge. The revenue department seems to have responded by increasing its focus on investigating the tax affairs of small businesses.

Do you or your employees bring electrical goods from home into the workplace? Did you realise that, if these goods have not been safety checked, you are not compliant with health and safety regulations and are at greater risk of fire?

Did you know that, if your business occupies a single location with a rateable value below £12,000, you could make claim under the Government's Small Business Rate Relief Scheme?