Anna Jordan

1 month ago | smallbusiness.co.uk | Anna Jordan

UK company size thresholds are set to change from April 6, 2025, rising by around 50 per cent. This most likely means that your company could be changing from a medium-sized to small or a small to microbusiness. The government hopes that the changes will result in 113,000 small businesses and LLPs becoming microbusinesses; 14,000 shifting from medium-sized business to small and 6,000 moving from large to medium-sized.

1 month ago | smallbusiness.co.uk | Anna Jordan

The government has announced its Spring Forecast, normally known as the Spring Statement. It’s being labelled as a ‘forecast’ because Labour want to do one fiscal event per year in the form of the Autumn Budget. They’re leaving this as just a forecast, an update on the state of the nation’s finances, according to the Treasury. However, the government still have a significant financial hole to fill, so could pressure turn their hand?

2 months ago | smallbusiness.co.uk | Anna Jordan

An Employer of Record (EOR) is something you may never have come across before. But it can be enormously beneficial, especially for smaller businesses. The World Economic Forum praises EOR as a leveller to help smaller firms hire abroad, even when they don’t have the same resources that larger businesses do. With talent moving overseas and certain skillsets growing in other global economies, you might want to source employees from, say, Italy or Brazil.

2 months ago | smallbusiness.co.uk | Anna Jordan

Knowing how to create a VAT invoice is essential for many small businesses. Perhaps you’ve set up as a small business or are earning enough that you must register for VAT (£90,000 per year as of February 2025). David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and tax expert: “Creating a VAT invoice isn’t complicated once you know the basics, but it can feel overwhelming the first few times.

2 months ago | growthbusiness.co.uk | Anna Jordan

Scaling up your business is hard – and that’s before you take incoming tax rises into account. However, we’ve spoken to fellow scale-ups and other experts to find out how you can grow your business without hiring any additional full-time staff. As you might have guessed, optimising your tech will pay off in the long run, even if there is an upfront cost. Enhanced technology means that your business will have greater functionality while more automation will ease the strain on your current staff.