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I can safely say that a couple of my clients think I’m a pretty good guy; and for an accountant, that can be a slightly unusual place to be! The reason is embarrassingly simple. They are both CEOs of young businesses that have been going full steam for a year or so with the business […]
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With the chancellor’s announcement in the March 2014 budget that loan based crowdfunding investments can be included in ISAs, it’s clear that crowdfunding has well and truly become mainstream. According to a 2013 study commissioned by The World Bank, the scale of the crowdfunding market worldwide is expected to be as high as $96bn; that’s […]
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Research by content marketing agency Seven found that whilst 43% of marketers think the public want to be talked to, only 15% of consumers agree. This suggests that many companies are failing to engage a high proportion of their audience effectively. The way that businesses communicate with clients has undergone a radical transformation in recent […]
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There has been much publicity in recent months over an ‘SME lending crisis’. The Breedon Report, published in March 2012 predicted a gap between supply and demand of up to £190bn by 2017. Britain’s banks have been accused of ‘ruining the country’ as a result of the lack of lending. This has resulted in many […]
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There are many motivations behind setting up a business and in many cases the personal wealth of the owner-manager is tied up in the business, often for a long period of time. If the financial investment made by the business owner is to be recouped and hopefully significantly increased, careful consideration needs to be given […]
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