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Four out of five finance professionals have said that their department is not keeping pace with the rest of the organisation’s digital transformation plans, leaving them struggling with productivity, cost and efficiency issues, according to new UK research among senior finance and IT executives. IT which most commonly leads digital transformation said finance was the…
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Zopa, has announced the appointment of three new hires to its Executive team. The new hires come at a significant time in Zopa’s growth as it moves towards launching its next-generation bank. Steve Hulme has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Hulme joins from Tandem Money where he was CFO for the last two years. Before…
Read moreThe Government should extend the use of project bank accounts for all major public projects to ensure that businesses are protected against catastrophes, like Carillion’s collapse, happening again.In a letter to David Lidington, Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged the Government to adopt the practice which would see money for…
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More than a quarter of all invoices are being paid late, according to new official statistics, leaving small businesses struggling for cash. The average reported time to pay was 38.97 days with just over half (51.71%) paid within 30 days. A third (33.02%) were paid between 31 and 60 days, and 15.25% were paid later…
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The number of Scottish companies going out of business also continued to fall with total corporate insolvencies also down by 3.8% according to latest figures from Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB). Total corporate insolvencies dropped from 210 to 202 compared to the same quarter a year ago. The figure for Q3 of 2017-18 is made up…
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Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB) has published its latest figures which have shown a drop in numbers of sequestrations in the third quarter of 2017-18. Fewer Scots have been made bankrupt in comparison to a year ago. In the third quarter of 2017-18 – between October and December 2017 – there were 1,089 awards of bankruptcy, a…
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New research by Dun & Bradstreet has highlighted that late payments are having an adverse affect on British enterprise, with 11 percent owed more than £100,000. In a survey of more than 500 managers at companies ranging from two to 250 employees, The research found it is putting the future at risk for 58 percent…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a consultation on plans to give more small businesses access to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). This follows a review of the protections available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as users of financial services. At the moment only individual consumers and around 5.5 million micro-enterprises (the…
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Business Secretary Greg Clark has welcomed a decision by several banks to set up funds to support small businesses affected by Carillion’s insolvency. Lloyds Banking Group has launched a £50 million fund, HSBC a £100 million fund and RBS has made £75 million of assistance available. It follows a meeting held by Greg Clark yesterday with banks where…
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UK sales recorded four consecutive quarters of growth in 2017, rising by 24.91% or £1.77 trillion worth of sales in the last three months of the year. Bad debt also dropped to its lowest point at the end of 2017, with UK businesses chasing an average of £193,014 worth of unpaid invoices in Q4 2017,…
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PwC has been appointed as the special managers to troubled outsourcing giant Carillion, which has announced it is going into compulsory liquidation with immediate effect, putting thousands of jobs and major government infrastructure projects, including the new HS2 high-speed rail link, at risk This weekend saw crisis talks between the company, key financial stakeholders and…
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Britain’s complex tax system has caused a rise in the number of companies collapsing because of their debts to HMRC, according to a report. HM Revenues & Customs has emerged as the largest single creditor in 65% of cases where a business has been liquidated, a Freedom of Information request by Enterprise Tax Consultants has…
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In 2017, almost half of all small to medium UK enterprises turned down a contract or order because they couldn’t deliver the work due to a lack of available finance; a trend that is expected to continue in 2018. According to funding line data from Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance, the demand for invoice finance is…
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