Funding

For too long, late payments have been seen as an inevitable issue that small and medium-sized enterprises face. These owners will often feel uncomfortable about raising it as an issue, for fear of repercussions by being perceived as ‘difficult’, or even jeopardising future work by complaining.

If you run a business, you know about risk taking.

All businesses can benefit from having a financial spring clean, whether that involves checking your records, banking or preparing for R&D tax credit claims.

Britain's investor population is world-leading, but with Brexit around the corner, the nation's SMEs are at risk of stalling without vital growth finance.

The Six Nations - Europe’s showpiece Rugby tournament - is currently gripping viewers across the continent. However, whilst fans are singing ‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’, the markets will be keeping an eye on another contest and a different kind of swing; that between the pound and the euro. The reason for this? Brexit, of course. Since the result…

With 2018 firmly behind us, the early months of the new year are a time for contemplation and evaluation of the last 365 days; both the good and the bad, the opportunities and the challenges.

Three quarters of UK small businesses have been left thwarted by banks when trying to access funding, according to independent research commissioned by FinTech lender Capital on Tap.

It is undeniable that the UK has become a centre for startups and entrepreneurship. In 2017 alone, 589,000 new businesses were launched across the country – marking a 22% rise on 2012. And even more impressively, in the past five years an impressive 3.5 million companies have been founded across the country. Below Total Business hears from…

As it is announced that the UK is the fifth most popular destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the world, and London remains as the most attractive city for FDI, Mark Brownridge, Director General of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) asks whether UK investors need to work harder in a post-Brexit Britain. Mark is of…