Whether you voted to remain or to leave the European Union, the drama (for want of a better word) involved in exiting the trading and political bloc has not stopped since June 2016. As part of its preparations for a no-deal post-EU world, the British government have been producing various white papers with the intention of giving UK businesses time to prepare for such an outcome. Read More

When you reward your staff, you are showing them that their efforts are not in vain. It can be very easy for a staff member to treat their job as just another clock-in-clock-out 9-5. This means that they won’t go above and beyond their roles. And most importantly, you aren’t getting as much out of your team as you could be. Read More

Accounts receivable describes the money that is owed to you by your customers for the products or services that you have already sold to them. Typically, this is the money that is agreed upon when you commence doing business together.  Read More

Keeping on top of all of your business’s expenses is important for contractors in every industry. Contracting is an industry under fire with a gradual erosion in the number of tax benefits you can take advantage of every year. Work with Panthera to make sure you claim back everything you can to increase your take home pay. Read More

What is time off in lieu? Read More

Every business owner dreams of being successful, but if you’re not prepared, success can be as hard to handle for you and for your business as the leanest of lean months. Making sure you know what to look out for and what you can do to keep your business growing can be the difference between sinking and swimming – and that’s no exaggeration. Read More

As far as business challenges go, carrying too much stock may seem like a good problem to have. After all, your stock represents all of your future profit potential. But when your warehouses are filling up faster than your delivery vans, things can spiral quickly.  Read More

More and more customers are taking to the internet for their everyday shopping needs. In fact, more and more customers are taking to the internet for their one-off shopping needs too. So, where does this leave your physical business? Read More

If you have a product that you’d like to launch but you don’t have the money to do it, who do you turn to? Should you seek an investor or apply for a loan? There is a third option available – crowdfunding. This increasingly popular method of financing a project is helping businesses launch their products into the market. Read More

There were 3.1 billion personal data records breached in 2016, according to IT Governance. Many businesses have been caught out by cybercrime already and many more remain at high risk. Because of the large number of many different ways cybercrime can be carried out, you would be forgiven for thinking that it is impossible to protect your SME from cybercriminals. Read More