Displaying 1-30 of 60 results
What’s the #1 people risk for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)?
- Article
- 21 Nov 2024
- Keys Finance
People are everything to SMEs, so it’s no wonder that rising health and benefit costs top their list of worries. Employee benefit premiums and related costs ranked first in our People Risk 2024 survey of the most likely people risks to affect their business in the next two years with the most severe impact. (1)
Next-day fee finance vs invoice factoring
- Article
- 01 Nov 2024
- Keys Finance
Keys Finance explain how their Next Day Professional Fee Finance tool can help accountants to receive 100% of their client fees Next-Day.
What’s next for LEPs and growth hubs?
- Article
- 05 Aug 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Local enterprise partnerships’ functions were transferred to local authorities in April 2024. What role will they play now?
National Wealth Fund to unlock green and growth investment
- Article
- 15 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Fund will bring together UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank to unlock billions of pounds of investment in the UK’s green and growth industries, government says.
British Business Bank launches Recovery Loan Scheme successor
- Article
- 12 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Running until 31 March 2026, the new Growth Guarantee Scheme aims to support small businesses by offering loans of up to £2m, with 70% government-backed guarantees.
The secret to accessing early-stage investment
- Article
- 22 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
With a lending market changed by high interest rates and a proliferation of technology, we look at what start-ups can do to increase their chances of attracting venture capital investment.
Step up on innovation, advisers are urged
- Article
- 15 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Summit organiser says that a greater understanding of the innovation ecosystem is needed in order to help clients capitalise on economic opportunities.
ICAEW Member Insights: April 2024
- Article
- 30 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Optimism is rising but members yearn for certainty and stability to help them make business decisions, with labour market issues, late payment and access to finance among the key concerns.
Take your first step in finance with ICAEW CFAB
- Article
- 06 Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
Looking to secure a job in the financial sector? Two professionals working in Belfast explain how completing the ICAEW Certificate of Finance and Business helped them build fulfilling careers.
Next government must act to renew UK economy, says ICAEW
- Article
- 07 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has outlined the actions needed to boost productivity and ensure the UK economy is resilient in future. ICAEW’s Manifesto calls for the revitalisation of support for start-ups, improved access to labour and a simplified, digital tax system.
Bounce Back Loan data pilot examines sole trader fraud
- Article
- 17 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Insights
The government is setting its sights on unincorporated businesses that fraudulently took out Bounce Back Loans during the pandemic.
UK government responds to Treasury Committee venture capital reliefs report
- Article
- 25 Oct 2023
- ICAEW
The response suggests that the current sunset clauses for the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and venture capital trusts (VCTs) will be extended beyond 2025. However, the response also pushes back on some of the committee’s other recommendations, including extending the company age and funding limits for these schemes.
Commons Treasury Committee calls for greater diversity of venture capital investment
- Article
- 09 Aug 2023
- ICAEW
The House of Commons Treasury Committee’s report into venture capital investment schemes recommends better support for female-led businesses and those outside the South East of England.
NAO highlights COVID-19 business support counter-fraud failures
- Article
- 23 Mar 2023
- ICAEW Insights
The government should use lessons learned from the COVID-19 business grant schemes to improve contingency planning and build resilience for responding to future national emergencies, spending watchdog concludes.
Government’s ‘Scale-Up Britain’ ambition under the spotlight
- Article
- 27 Feb 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Is the government’s bold vision for a UK Silicon Valley at odds with how start-ups and scale-ups are being managed at policy level?
EY reveals support strategy to boost fintech start-ups
- Article
- 13 Feb 2023
- ICAEW Insights
With explosive growth forecast for the fintech sector, we meet Mark Jannetta, the head of EY’s UK FinTech Lab, to find out how the Big Four firm is looking to help start-up fintechs get to the next stage.
Report highlights local authority procurement weakness
- Article
- 17 Jan 2023
- ICAEW Insights
Inefficiencies, poor processes and skills issues present potentially significant risks to public money and service, Grant Thornton warns.
ICAEW pays tribute to Lord Young
- Article
- 15 Dec 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The architect of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Start Up Loans Scheme, which have been instrumental in providing funding to thousands of fledgling businesses, has died aged 90.
Changes for Limited Partnerships on the horizon
- Article
- 13 Dec 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill’s requirements for Limited Partnerships could affect many private fund managers. George Metcalfe, a partner at law firm Freeths, explains what the proposed changes mean in practice.
Options for finance: is crowdfunding a viable route for SMEs?
- Article
- 06 Dec 2022
- ICAEW Insights
With the economy in choppy waters, crowdfunding continues to be a funding method for businesses that want to swim against the tide, but it’s by no means an easy fundraising option.
MPs call for end to competitive bidding for local authority funding
- Article
- 16 Nov 2022
- ICAEW Insights
A major report by the Public and Constitutional Affairs Committee describes governance and funding arrangements for local government in England “ineffective”.
Digital skills and levelling up at the heart of UK Digital Strategy
- Article
- 13 Jun 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The new UK Digital Strategy includes plans for developing digital skills, Levelling Up infrastructure and finance options for fintech startups.
PAC slams BEIS for ‘open goal to fraudsters and embezzlers’
- Article
- 17 May 2022
- ICAEW Insights
The Public Accounts Committee says there was insufficient effort to prevent fraud and error in the distribution of business support grants and loans, adding ‘billions and billions to taxpayer woes’
ICAEW: “insufficient” fraud prevention for COVID-19 grants
- Article
- 29 Apr 2022
- ICAEW Insights
ICAEW calls for the government to learn from COVID-19 business support grants by investing in BEIS’s counter-fraud capability and addressing the assurance gap in grants distributed through local authorities.
NAO: BEIS lacks “reliable estimate” of fraud in COVID-19 business grants
- Article
- 09 Dec 2021
- ICAEW Insights
The cost of fraud in COVID-19 business support scheme grants is estimated at £1bn but the NAO has warned that the total could be even higher amid data quality and assurance concerns.
Event highlights funding innovation successes and the pivotal role of accountants
- Article
- 11 Nov 2021
- ICAEW Insights
The importance of innovation investment and the role of chartered accountants in driving meaningful ESG strategies were among the subjects touched on at last week’s Annual Reception of ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Faculty.
Access to funding: are angels still out there?
- Article
- 25 Aug 2021
- ICAEW Insights
Angel investors withdrew from any new funding in 2020, but things are looking up in 2021.
How the pandemic created the perfect ‘seed stage’ environment
- Article
- 23 Aug 2021
- ICAEW Insights
COVID-19 has encouraged more global investment, with European venture capital investments at a record high.
Starting a business? Speak to an accountant
- Article
- 19 Aug 2021
- ICAEW Insights
Startups should not be put off by the initial cost of professional advice, which could pay dividends later on, says tax expert Peter Miller.
Investing in a startup is 'like buying a house'
- Article
- 17 Aug 2021
- ICAEW Insights
While pitch decks, stats and credibility all play a part in attracting startup investment, the process still relies on a certain amount of gut feeling, says Jonathan Hollis, founder of Mountside Ventures.
Displaying 1-30 of 60 results
- See all Business news from Insights
- Visit the Insights hub
Can't find what you're looking for?
The ICAEW Library can give you the right information from trustworthy, professional sources that aren't freely available online. Contact us for expert help with your enquiries and research.