David Costley-Wood, KPMG’s Head of Enterprise Consulting It’s a sobering thought that 1m SMEs, along with 5.7m jobs have been lost since 2008 – only now is activity recovered to previous levels. What is even more worrying is that according to insolvency trade body R3, late payment has been a major factor in 20% of […]
Commenting on plans announced by Business Secretary Sajid David to cut at least £10 billion of red tape over the next five years, Bivek Sharma, Head of Small Business Accounting at KPMG, said: At long last we are seeing a focus on the laborious and often damaging red tape that currently binds businesses up and […]
Bill Robinson, Chief Economist at KPMG explains the January inflation results The UK is faced with the prospect of deflation for the first time since 1960 – when John F Kennedy was running for the American presidency and The Beatles were just starting to make a name for themselves in a tiny Hamburg nightclub. Today, […]
A new initiative from KPMG, KPMG Enterprise provides a range of affordable accountancy, tax and advisory services for private businesses of all sizes from start-ups to mid-market. Manifest has been appointed to manage all social media, blogging and content development for the new proposition It will also be handling the delivery of KPMG Enterprise’s Small […]
iwoca, the only UK-based provider specialising in funding for online retailers, has launched a new integration with Europe’s leading shopping cart provider, ekmPowershop. The collaboration with ekmPowershop will grant 12,000 UK merchants quick and easy access to funding, fuelling ecommerce growth further. Iwoca will use real-time sales and transaction data from the ecommerce provider to […]
Smarta 100 winner, iwoca, helps online sellers save onbusiness expenses iwoca has teamed up with business network, Smarta, to help small ecommerce businesses to operate more cheaply and efficiently. iwoca will be offering 1,000 free SmartaCards, a discount card providing exclusive offers and savings for entrepreneurs, to SME ecommerce business owners. By using the card, […]