Company finance

Threshold stagnation

SMEs take £42m hit in audit compliance costs

Donald-Boyd

Economic pressures

Insolvencies rise as directors call it a day

locked gate

Help for firms

Government loan scheme extended for two years

Kwasi Kwarteng

Cost concern

Small firms call for reform of insurance market

Martin McTague, FSB chairman

Changing priorities

Businesses urged to follow ‘purpose-led’ agenda

Richard Lochhead

Raising finance

Bill enables business assets to be used to raise funds

Tom Arthur

Call for u-turn

Four out of five firms suffer hit from NIC increase

Jonathan Reynolds

Price impact

Late payments rise amid cost of living squeeze

Mental health and stress

Tax campaign

HMRC targeting directors in VAT fraud crackdown

Veronica-Donnelly

Finance crisis

Bank lending to small firms at all-time low, says FSB

Martin McTague, FSB chairman