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A Factsheet from Every week I speak to small business owners who can no longer pay themselves a salary.  They’re drowning in paperwork, debt and rising costs they can’t control. One of the biggest culprits is the cost of employing people. From April 2025, the cost of taking on an employee has shot up. The employer’s National Insurance contribution has risen from 13.8% to 15%, and the threshold has dropped dramatically from £9,100 to justContinue reading “Rising Employment Costs Are Squeezing Small Businesses to Breaking Point”

            A Factsheet from  You started your business to fix things, feed people or help others, not to spend three hours on a witty post on Instagram that only got 12 views and one like, from your mum. If you’re wondering whether social media is really worth the effort, rest assured many business owners feel stuck in a similar content trap. You’re told you have to be online, to “build a brand” and “engage yourContinue reading “Is Social Media Really Worth the Time I’m Spending On It?”

A Factsheet from Thousands of businesses are turning down work to avoid turning over too much. Government wants businesses to grow and there is a view that growth is always good with more customers, bigger orders and higher turnover. For thousands of small business owners across the UK though, growing big enough to cross the VAT threshold is a step too far because of the additional admin it brings. For many micro firms serving individualsContinue reading “The VAT Threshold Trap: Should I Grow or Stay Small?”