Audley Capital – Ahead Of The Curve On Smart Litigation Finance

Audley Capital offers investors significant returns with a healthy dose of social impact. It’s harder for a business to impress these days. It’s not just about being innovative or getting ahead of the competition, social impact matters too. Audley Capital, a London-based global litigation finance and legal services consultancy, is firing on all three cylinders. […]
What Is Debit Finance In Business?

Debit finance is just one way a business can raise capital when it’s starting out. Rather than looking to investors and drumming up support from new shareholders, you fund business activities at the start with a specific type of loan. Here you keep the business interests your own (full ownership with nobody holding you accountable), […]
What Is Post-Shipment Finance & How Could It Help Your Exporting Business?

A special type of trade finance, post-shipment finance refers to the financial assistance offered to exporters who are able to access working capital by securing loans against outstanding customer invoices. This cash injection from banks and other financial institutions can ensure a business can maintain business operations and on-going expenses in the time before invoices […]
13 Signs The London IPO Is Dying & Here’s What Is Replacing It

For decades, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was the gold standard for going public. A place of prestige. Visibility. Capital. But lately? It’s looking more like a ghost town. Listings are down. Valuations are stale. Ambitious firms are heading elsewhere. What’s unfolding isn’t just a dry spell, it’s a quiet restructuring of how the world […]
Does Your UTR (Unique Taxpayer Reference) Number Change?

A unique taxpayer reference (UTR) number is given out to businesses that register for self-assessment tax returns or organisations that register as a limited company. This ten-digit code is needed and used by both the organisation in question and by HMRC, as it’s an essential element in preventing errors. Typically, your UTR will not change, […]
What Is Debt Finance? A Guide To Business Loans & Equity Financing

Debt finance provides businesses and individuals with a way to access capital by borrowing money from a lender that must be repaid over time, typically with interest. Whether for a capital injection for your business operation and growth goals, or a personal expense for a new car, home or other need, debt financing offers a […]
When Does HMRC Investigate Self-Employed Individuals? – A Guide

The only HMRC investigation that would be initiated against a self-employed person is an HMRC tax investigation, and for more than 93% of cases, this is done when HMRC has evidence of tax fraud. Like any other organisation, they have limited resources, and wasting them results in functional bottlenecks. This means that a simple mistake […]
Do I Need Business Car Insurance?

Nearly everyone with a personal car uses it to travel to work, and a fraction of those people use it during work hours for business-related reasons. Did you know that these same people, in the event of an accident, may not be able to file a valid claim? Using your personal car for business purposes […]
How VAT Works For Limited Companies

Value Added Tax, known as VAT, is a tax placed on goods and services at every stage of a product’s journey, but it is an indirect tax that must be calculated by the provider of the service. Limited companies charging VAT on goods and services can reclaim VAT from HMRC on purchases made for the […]
What Is A Redacted Bank Statement?

Redacting a bank statement can allow you to hide or remove confidential information – an important task that can fall to anyone in the business world, including in your role as a business owner. Whether you need to redact a bank statement as part of a legal process, or you need to redact an employee’s […]
How To Check If A Company Is VAT Registered

HMRC collect Value Added Tax (VAT) through charging VAT at the point of sale on most goods and services in the UK. Businesses registered for VAT can charge VAT on their sales of goods and services, but offset it against the VAT they are charged when purchasing products for their business when they reclaim the […]
Can I Get A Business Loan With Bad Credit?

If you’ve been rejected for personal loans before, then we have some good news for you. Your personal credit score and business credit score usually don’t impact the other. That’s not to say certain lenders won’t want to know about both, and if your business is a completely new start up, then your personal credit […]