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How to use social media to find potential clients

by Peter Hoffer on 02.05.2013 15:48 0 comments 508 views
Categories: Social Media
Tags: smes, twitter, social media, hootsuite
Social media is a highly effective tool for sharing your expertise and voicing your opinions (that is, ‘pushing’ information to friends, fans and followers). What may be less obvious to some is that social media is also a powerful resour...
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5 note accounts? EC proposes small company simplification

by John Boulton on 13.12.2011 03:18 1 comment 1933 views
Categories: Reporting
Tags: smes, simpler reporting, directive

Small companies – reduced disclosures?

The EC is also currently discussing changes to the accounting directive itself that will affect all small companies not just ‘micros’. With the aim of cutting red tape for small businesses...

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SMEs can thrive in a slowing economy

by Holly Williams on 25.11.2011 06:27 1 comment 617 views
Categories: Events, Economy, Governance
Tags: finance, smes, governance, credit crunch, economy, growth, exports, borrowing

SMEs and Business Confidence

Last week saw the release of the Q4 ICAEW/Grant Thornton Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) report.  The findings highlighted the largest decline in the Business Confidence Index (BCI) since the height of the re...

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Audit exemption - ICAEW's response

by Henry Irving on 14.10.2011 04:19 3 comments 2068 views
Categories: Audit and Assurance
Tags: smes, audit exemption, parent company guarantee, subsidiary companies
Contribute to ICAEW's response to the BIS audit exemption consultation.
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Guidance and insight for SMEs

by Holly Williams on 22.07.2011 04:11 2 comments 435 views
Tags: finance, smes, credit crunch, economy, banks
SMEs need to be knowledgeable in a broad range of areas to achieve sustainable growth in today’s volatile economic environment. The list of topics to be considered by SME practitioners appears to be somewhat infinite ranging from recruitment and ret...
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Access the resources: Financial Reporting Standard for Medium-sized Entities (FRSME) Webinars (Parts 1 and 2)

by Lisa Barnett on 11.01.2011 11:14 2 comments 941 views
Tags: financial reporting, smes, ifrs, uk gaap, asb, webinar, frf, frmse
The Financial Report Faculty held two webinars on Monday 13 December 2010 and Wednesday 12 January 2011 dealing with the proposed Financial Reporting Standard for Medium-sized Entities (FRSME).  If you have missed both of these webina...
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Access the resources: The Future of UK GAAP webinar

by Lisa Barnett on 16.11.2010 10:58 0 comments 450 views
Tags: financial reporting, smes, ifrs, uk gaap, asb, webinar, frf, frmse
As we move one step closer to adopting the IFRS for SMEs as UK GAAP, we are delighted to welcome a senior member of the ASB staff, to outline the latest developments in this important debate.
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Tories promise tax break for new businesses

by Nigel Hastilow on 16.11.2009 10:08 0 comments 123 views
Tags: smes, george osborne, student fees, tax simplification

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has promised tax breaks for new businesses and a simpler tax system to end the need for elaborate avoidance schemes.

Mr Osborne and David Willetts, the Shadow Higher Education Secretary, were speaking to business leaders and students at Birmingham Metropolitan College. 

This is some of what they said: 

George Osborne
Government has to face the fact that the economy is in a weak state. Britain is now p...

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Improvement to Small Firms Loan Guarantee scheme

by Jerry Davison on 14.03.2008 05:59 0 comments 162 views
Tags: finance, funding, smes, small firms loan
One of the changes buried deep in the mountain of budget paperwork was the extension of the availability of the SFLG to companies that are more than five years old. The revamp in 2005 restricted the guarantee to SMEs less than 5 years old, which was stupid. They have also increased the funding of the SFLG by £60m, so I guess the Government has realised that the scheme has hit a brick wall in the last 3 years. Whether bankers will be more enthusi...
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