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Money in all its forms is key to every small business. Without effectively managing your business finances and accessing sufficient cash to plough into your company operations, you’ll struggle to achieve success.

This section of BusinessZone.co.uk offers practical advice on the financial issues that matter. Subjects covered include business grants and funding, cashflow management, small business tax issues and loans and insurance.

Win a laptop: Better times ahead in 2010?

2010-02-08 11:59 - 743 reads

As official figures reveal that the UK has emerged from recession, will 2010 hold healthier financial times for your business? Tell us and you could win a laptop!

Banks told to be brave and take a punt on strong SMEs

2010-02-08 11:06 - 175 reads

Supporting strong small businesses through the recession could prove a masterstroke for a bank brave enough to take a risk on more marginal companies, an expert has claimed.

EXCLUSIVE: Lord Digby Jones - Surviving SMEs are the 'veterans of recession'

2010-02-05 09:15 - 540 reads - 1 comment

The ex-CBI boss on SMEs in the recession and what government should be doing to help them.

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Taxman may accept recession as excuse for late tax payments

2010-02-02 21:08 - 380 reads

Entrepreneurs submitting late tax payments to HM Revenue and Customs may be able to use the recession as an excuse.

Lobby group chief calls for social enterprise pandemic

2010-02-01 22:47 - 408 reads

Peter Holbrook, chief executive, Social Enterprise Coalition

Doing business for the benefit of society and the environment must become a global phenomenon, the chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition (SEC) has claimed.

Cash hungry entrepreneurs turn to family and friends

2010-02-01 13:04 - 236 reads

Personal insolvency could well have cushioned corporate failure rates last year as the continuing credit drought forced small business owners to turn to family, friends and personal credit cards for funding.

Community buy-outs could save ailing pubs

2010-01-28 17:45 - 311 reads

Locals celebrate after rescuing The Star Inn from closure

The decline of the Great British pub could be halted by the co-operative business model, it has been claimed.

Venture capital for start-ups 'lowers unemployment'

2010-01-28 15:23 - 371 reads

Readily available venture capital funding for start-up businesses lowers unemployment, a new study of 20 industrial countries has claimed.

EU debates fines for public sector late payers

2010-01-28 10:12 - 355 reads - 1 comment

Calls to impose penalties on public sector bodies which take too long to pay for services supplied by small businesses have been debated by European politicians.

How to be a winner or a loser in the recession

2010-01-20 09:00 - 887 reads

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Robert Craven uses real life business examples to show how you can succeed or fail during a recession.

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23 February 2010, 12.15pm
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