Export finance for smaller businesses
UK Export Finance (UKEF) is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the UK government. The UKEF helps UK companies by providing insurance to exporters and
Too good to be true?
Right now, any reference to a return to 2019 trading conditions seems to echo the title of this short article, too good to be true.
Common sense tells us that we are unlikely to
Sharing costs
Independence is a cultivated concern. We all want to be self-sufficient.
In a business environment this might manifest as having a separate Wi-Fi source even though it may be
Furlough extended to end April 2021
During an announcement to Parliament today, 17 December 2020, the Chancellor confirmed the following:
An extension of the furlough scheme until the end of April 2021,
The date
New Christmas grant for pubs
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced an additional one-off £1,000 Christmas grant for wet-led pubs in tiers 2 and 3 who will miss out on much needed business during the
Double entry demystified
Most business owners will know the difference between a profit statement and a balance sheet.
Both are created from a process known as double-entry bookkeeping.
If asked to
EU exit – did you read this letter?
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma has written a letter to businesses in the professional services sector. The letter (available in
Treasury directive re third SEISS grant
HM Treasury has published a further Treasury Direction made under the Coronavirus Act 2020, ss. 71 and 76, which modifies and extends the effect of the Self-Employment Income
Supply chains, a predictive approach for 2021
One of the more positive aspects – perhaps the only positive aspect – of COVID disruption has been the movement away from fixed systems to more flexible systems to cope with the
Coping with the new EU reality
It is apparent that our final exit from the EU, 1 January 2021, will disrupt the movement of goods, back and forth, while transport links and customs authorities adjust to the new