Unpaid invoices hitting small businesses hard 

[ad_1] Smaller businesses regularly have to deal with clients paying late, or not at allTypical UK micro-businesses write off an average of £1,804 in unpaid invoices per year, research finds.  With five million micro-businesses in the UK this equates to a total of...

Freelancers integral to UK economy, finds study

[ad_1] There were 1.91 million freelancers in 2015Freelancers’ contribution to the UK economy soared to £109 billion in 2015, according to research.  Freelancers’ economic contribution is often disproportionately higher than that of other businesses as this group...

Billions in loans up for grabs for small businesses 

[ad_1] HSBC aspires to lend more to UK SMEs of all sizesHSBC has launched a £10 billion lending fund to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK.  The initiative from the bank is part of a broader commitment to make banking cheaper and simpler for...