Fire Safety in Your Small Business
Fire Protection Online is the ‘Amazon’ of the fire protection world, offering quality products and service at unbeatable prices. They are also committed to helping simplify the fire safety so everyone...
View ArticleCloud Accounting: A Quick Introduction
If you’re looking for an easy way to do your accounts, then you’ve probably read about cloud accounting. Over a quarter of UK SMEs now use cloud accounting due to its benefits in security, flexibility...
View ArticleTax and National Insurance in Self-Employment
If you’re self-employed, it’s your responsibility to pay tax and National Insurance for yourself. This can be a scary responsibility, and sometimes quite confusing. To help you understand the shape of...
View ArticleHow to prevent non-payments from occurring
Unpaid invoices are more of a problem than many people realise. If unchecked, these can lead to financial loss, redundancies, or even bankruptcy. To discuss the issue, Liz Parsons – working with World...
View ArticleThe Right Way to Cut Your Business Energy Costs
More effort is placed on energy efficiency than contract management—and that’s costing you dearly. Remarkably, more businesses spend large amounts of time and money developing initiatives to become...
View ArticleIntroducing KashFlow HR
Say hello to our fantastic new HR software! We’re very excited to announce the launch of our new HR software: KashFlow HR! It’s the easiest way to keep on top of business data compliance legislation...
View ArticleAutomatic Enrolment – Creating A Workplace Pension Scheme For Employees
From 1 October 2017, all eligible new employees must be automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. As an employer, it’ll be your responsibility to provide them with one. If you’re about to...
View ArticleKashFlow at Small Business Advice Week
At the end of August, we were fortunate enough to attend the latest Small Business Advice Week, held at the ICAEW Headquarters in London. Small Business Advice Week has been helping bring brands, banks...
View ArticleHoliday Entitlement
What is holiday entitlement? Holiday entitlement is the legal minimum amount of time employees can have off each year. Under UK law, paid holiday entitlement is currently 5.6 weeks per year. Holiday...
View ArticleBradford Factor Calculator
What is the Bradford Factor? The Bradford Factor is a formula employers can use to monitor unauthorised absences. By calculating an individual score based on absence patterns, the Bradford Factor gives...
View Article5 Ways Your Small Business Can Save Money Right Now
Most of us are in business to be successful and to make money. Profits are key to enable further investment and to pay the wages of the people driving the company forward. Whether you’re concerned...
View ArticleThe KashFlow Guide to Notice Periods
What is a notice period? A notice period is the amount of time an employee has to give between handing in their resignation and actually leaving the company. This notice period also applies when an...
View ArticleSmall Business Advice Week: The Impact of Making Tax Digital
In this year’s Small Business Advice Week, we’ve been looking at growth and productivity in UK small businesses. As a key part of this, we’ve taken a look at the impact Making Tax Digital, recently...
View ArticleShare the Workload with Additional Users!
We’re very pleased to announce enhancements to the Additional User area in KashFlow! One of the most popular requests on KashFlow Canvass, we’ve spent time working with our customers to perfect a...
View ArticleTime in Lieu Explained
During busy times, you may need your employees to work longer hours or extra days. You might offer them overtime pay, but you can also offer them time in lieu. What is time in lieu? Time in lieu is the...
View ArticleWhat is an Organisation Chart?
If your business is growing and you’re increasing the number of employees, you may benefit from introducing an organisation chart to keep track of who everyone is, and what they all do. Organisation...
View ArticleRecruitment and Hiring Process
The recruitment process can be a lengthy one, even for a small business. From establishing what you want from the role to finding someone who can do it, there’s a fair bit of work involved. This guide...
View ArticleWhat is a part-time job?
Whether you need someone to help you out for a couple of hours a week, or need to take extra work on to support your new venture – you’ll probably come across part-time jobs at some point in your small...
View ArticleHow to Stay Healthy At Work
What is workplace stress? Workplace stress, while common, can become a serious issue that affects you, your employees and co-workers. If left unchecked, workplace stress can lead to illness or...
View ArticleWhat is employee engagement?
What is employee engagement? Employee engagement is a method of improving workplace culture so that employees are more involved in and enthusiastic about their work. By setting various conditions in...
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