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Fraud Risk Strategies for SMEs

One of the key lessons to be learnt from the recession is that few if any companies can ignore the threat of fraud. David Alexander, the president of the UK Chapter of the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners and director of Forensics at Smith & Williamson offers advice.

Finance, Smith & Williamson, The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners

Securing business funding

Andrew Foyle, a member of the famous bookselling family, set up publishing company BLi Education in 2007 and has already built it into a £10 million-plus business. Here he sets out his tips for raising finance to fund business growth.

BLi Education, Finance

Controlling deal costs

In the current climate many people are looking to minimise their legal and advisory costs on transactions. Jenny Robertson, senior associate at law firm Stevens & Bolton http://www.stevens-bolton.co.uk outlines a number of steps that owner managers who are considering a possible exit can take to control costs.

Finance

Rethink the Xmas bonus

With Christmas around the corner, the annual bonus will soon be on the agenda for many companies. With a tough financial year behind and another ahead, how can employers reward staff but still keep the purse strings tight?

Finance

Banking

Capricious lending policies are still driving small businesses to the brink and beyond. So how can you stop your bank dragging you under? EN investigates

Finance

Top ten tax year-end tips for owner-managers

Richard Mannion of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and financial services group provides his top tips for owner managers:

Finance

Coping with the crunch

Worried about the Credit Crunch? Don't be. Read this advice instead.

Finance

Attracting investment in a downturn

The economic clouds are gathering thick and fast. Is it still possible to attract an investor to fund your growth?

A grey global economic outlook has been made all the more gloomy for new companies seeking to attract investment. In March, 3i announced that it would no longer invest in early-stage technology and media companies.

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Managing Cashflow

Cash is king, as the cliché goes. Join the revolution and help make it more democratic

Finance

Twenty ways to tough out the crunch

Worried about the current climate? Don’t be. Read this advice instead.

In the current economic climate, SMEs will probably be concerned about the consequences for their business. But ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) says that confident planning is necessary more now than ever, and recommends 20 ways for toughing it out.

 

Finance

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

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Nick Anstee

London has two mayors. One, a mop-topped former journalist, wields more power than anybody outside the Cabinet and many within it. The other, a sober accountant, spends a significant proportion of his year in office jetting around the world telling anyone who will listen what jolly fine chaps our bankers really are.

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