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Business payments: choose an account and ways to get paid

Compare business bank and payment accounts, transfers, online checkout, payment links and card readers around how your customers will really pay.

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Business finance options without the jargon

Understand the cash gap first, then compare grants, investment, loans, overdrafts, asset finance and cards around cost and repayment.

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Company accounting and annual accounts without the jargon

Understand the records, annual accounts, Corporation Tax and filing responsibilities a new limited company needs to organise.

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Business invoice checklist: what your first invoice needs

Include the right identity, invoice number, supply, amount, VAT and payment information so the customer knows what to pay and when.

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How to register as a sole trader with HMRC

Check whether you need to register, follow the HMRC Self Assessment route and keep reliable records from the day you start trading.

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Build an evidence trail for business expenses

Keep consistent records that connect receipts, transactions and the business reason for each cost.

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Build a cash flow forecast and a simple weekly routine

Forecast the money coming in and going out, find the lowest point and use a short weekly check to keep the plan useful.

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Corporation Tax: what a new company needs to do

Record when the company starts business activity, organise the books and separate the payment, return and accounts dates.

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VAT registration: when it applies and how to prepare

Track taxable turnover on a rolling basis, understand the registration tests and prepare prices, invoices and records before it becomes urgent.

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How to keep business expense and transaction records

Set up a manageable routine for sales, business expenses, receipts and bank reconciliation before the paperwork piles up.

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