Austerity often creates a sizable gap between the ambitions of citizens and what they are able to achieve in a restricted economy. In this prohibitive economic climate, tax payers and jobs are forced to shelve their long term financial plans and instead focus on the bare basics of survival and consolidation. This is especially [...]
This article discusses how investors can decide for themselves whether their investment was sold properly or not, and how they can raise a claim if it wasn’t. The scandal of mis sold investment seems to be everywhere at the moment. Every day sees a new report involving one financial institution or another being fined, shut [...]
There’s no doubt about it, mobile payment processing has changed the way of commerce in some pretty big ways for the United States. With services like Square, GoPayment, PayPal Here and many other budding companies, buying and selling is easier on all levels; it’s more convenient, it’s mobile and it’s versatile. Where credit card processing [...]
If you’re setting up your own business, or already have one established, one of the most important aspects of strategy to consider is how you will make your business visible online. Your website will be the first point of call for many customers who are now operating more than ever in the digital sphere. Designing [...]
The QuickBooks range of products, provided by Intuit a global leader in accountancy software solutions, offers anything but a one size fits all approach to easy accounting software. The company has developed a full range of products designed specifically to appeal to a range of different sized companies and, although a global provider, offers products [...]
As it currently stands in the UK there are a number of measures in place to make financing your business easier, however they aren’t all that well known and can be rather difficult to actually apply for. The UK government have sought out ways to make this country one of the best for setting up [...]
When it comes to your desk, it’s important to keep clutter at bay. Your house may be full of junk but in order to keep high productivity at work, it’s important to have a clear desk. With a carefully organised and tidy workspace you benefit from fewer distractions: no more snowstorms of sticky-notes. You’ll be [...]
While the rapid advancement of technology has prompted caution and cynicism in some, it has undoubtedly created far more opportunities than it has problems. For example, the rise in independent contracting and small business start-ups in the UK can all be at least partially attributed to evolving technological innovation, and the subsequent empowerment of citizens [...]
Independently assessed, a credit score is an indication of how “risky” you are as an individual looking to borrow money. This is based mainly on your credit history and reflects on how you have dealt with money in the past. Experian and Equifax are UK credit bureaus that hold all the cards when it comes [...]
Online Accounting Online accounting refers to the practice of storing accounting software and information on a server which can be accessed by users such as yourself through a client computer. It is based on the same concept as desktop virtualization and other Cloud services, meaning that it shares many of the same advantages and disadvantages. [...]
