From December Lloyds TSB is cutting the daily and monthly fees for customers who go overdrawn without permission and will halve to £10 the fee for bouncing a cheque or electronic payment.
News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
The key points from the Budget
The Chancellor George Osborne today called the called the measures in this historic Budget “unavoidable,” and announced a raft of changes to tax and spending. The key news from today’s Budget was:
What should we expect from George Osborne’s budget today?
The Chancellor George Osborne will unveil the new coalition government’s emergency budget at 12.30pm today. He has already indicated the budget will be the tightest in decades, based on a pledge for a rapid reduction in the deficit. Osborne has hinted at public sector pay freezes, a bank levy, capital gains tax changes, reform of the benefits system and a holiday in National Insurance contributions for new firms in hard-hit areas.
Confidence grows amongst Britain’s top entrepreneurs, but one in ten might leave the UK
Access to capital could hinder the plans of entrepreneurs. Only 6% expect it to be ‘easy’ to secure funds over the next 12 months
Business owners look to Osborne’s budget for assistance
Business leaders have called on Chancellor George Osborne to use his emergency Budget to foster business growth as well as tackling the public deficit.
Your problem with cold calling isn’t cold calling
Andy Preston explains why cold calling is such a big issue for many…..and why vital first stages should be completed before a cold call is made….
How hard should you fight for your ideas?
With the Clegg-Cameron coalition finally upon us, there is one thing even entrepreneurs can learn from this – how you too can feel strongly about something and go on to influence others by sharing your potentially game changing ideas in a way that everyone wins!
PR and marketing are great, but don’t forget cold-calling
I was chatting with 4Networking’s director of strategy, Tim Johnson, yesterday evening about what has made 4Networking what it is, four years on from launching. So what is it?
Prepare for cutbacks if you have public sector contracts
Companies with public sector contracts are being urged to prepare for inevitable cuts so that they can avoid the risk of having, possibly immediate, financial problems as Chancellor George Osborne prepares for the deepest public sector cuts Britain has seen post the second World War.
The six rules to making healthy profits
Tens of thousands of small businesses are only one step away from making more profit than their rivals, new research by Warwick Business School suggests.
Has the ‘tax man’ become the UK’s largest bank?
Company insolvencies have decreased in the first quarter of 2010 by 8.4% bringing the 12-month figure to a total of 4,082, a decrease of 17.8% year-on-year. But the figures could be hiding a secret tsunami of corporate failures, with HMRC being treated as a lender of last resort rather than a tax collector, but now as HMRC increasingly flexes its muscles. We spoke to Steve Clancy, Partner at MCR Tax Arrears Solutions, a specialist in this area for his opinion.
Top tips for developing an effective digital marketing strategy
Whether you’re considering paid or natural search marketing, display ads, sponsorship or online video, social media marketing or contextual advertising, the important thing is to find the channels that provide the highest return on investment for your business.
As businesses strive to beat the competition for the number one spot in the search engines, increased emphasis is being placed on search marketing to achieve it. However, the key to success online is to develop a holistic digital strategy that can do this and much, much more.
The price of happiness? £40k per year say bosses
What gets you going? What motivates entrepreneurs to start and build a business from scratch? It isn’t the money according to a new survey findings
VAT ‘will rise’ to 20 percent
VAT is set to rise under the new coalition government, according to a survey of influential economists.
The business reaction to the new government
We have spoken to leading entrepreneurs and commentators within the British Small & medium sized business community to get their thoughts and reaction to the new Conservative & Liberal coalition government.
