It will offer scant relief for the reported 30,000 small firms still owed money after Carillion's collapse, but new revelations reveal the construction giant knew what was coming -- and chose to...
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In an otherwise muted Spring Statement, the Chancellor has once again flagged up the troublesome issue of the VAT threshold. An Office of Tax Simplification report last year set the...
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The Beast from the East has created a grim atmosphere these past few weeks. It shouldn't be snowing this deep into March, surely? But the frost has been appropriate mood music for chilly...
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Hi UKBFers, Welcome to Fresh Threads, our weekly roundup of what's been happening on the forums. The discussion about the state of the retail economy powered on (follow the...
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Is there anything more offensive to the intrepid entrepreneurial soul than the bureaucratic rigours of email? No one began a business saying 'damn, I'ma do me some emails'. Alas, there's...
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David Montiel pitched against 14 other finalists to win the The Pitch 2017, which was supported by Propel by Deloitte, with his language learning program Beelinguapp on Tuesday. The app...
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This week's Budget speech offered a welcome relief to British businesses struggling to absorb this April's business rates revaluation. In his speech, the Chancellor yielded to calls from...
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While the politicians are in Brussels, pirouetting and puffing their chests out like feral pigeons looking for a mate, Britain's business owners are getting on with it. Let's be real: it...
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A newly released recording suggests HMRC was told by the Treasury not to be 'too hard' on Amazon. The recording is from a conversation between Guy Westhead, at the time a senior member of...
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What a way to start 2018, folks. On Monday, it was finally announced that Carillion, one of the government's biggest contractors, has filed for liquidation. This isn't any old...
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Not one, but two powerful parliamentary committees have launched inquiries into protection for small businesses in the wake of Carillion's collapse and the RBS' GRG scandal. The Treasury...
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You've arrived. This is it. The most comprehensive and indisputably accurate Hitchiker's Guide to 2018. Er, okay, maybe not -- but I think it's pretty good. I've scanned the dim horizon...
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The excitement. The energy. The opportunity. The chance to be your own boss: the knowledge that you are in control of your own destiny, and the chance to follow your dream. Starting up can be...
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Well - that was quite a year wasn't it? Give yourselves a pat on the back, because we've all made it through with a little bit of sanity left intact. Time to settle down with a well-deserved kilo...
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Auto enrolment will be extended to every worker over the age of 18, from the 'first pound of earnings' by the mid-2020s. The government laid out its ambition to scrap the scheme's £10,000...
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It seems like just the other day that we had a Budget speech - oh wait, that's right, we did. This is our second of 2017 after the Chancellor announced he was moving his big day from Spring to...
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'Just a question for any other finance professionals,' asked an anonymous commenter on UKBF's sister site AccountingWEB, 'has anybody who is currently paying the Apprenticeship Levy actually...
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Even in this era of state austerity, there's a considerable amount of government help aimed at businesses. But the landscape is always shifting. For those starting or growing a business...
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Entrepreneur Richard Osborne took UK Business Forums from a small website generating the odd conversation between company owners to one which receives 2,000 posts a week. But after almost four...
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Every week, we try to collate some pieces of journalism and writing that stood out for us. We call it - somewhat obviously - What we've been reading. So, if you've got a moment to spare...
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