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Financial services sector growth increases, but caution remains

Restrained investment plans and falling employment

Autumn Statement 2011

Chancellor George Osbourne delivers his autumn statement in a time of stuttering growth and increased borrowing

Top ten tips for painless cost cutting

How to cut your firm's expenditure without reducing quality

Seven Invoicing Blunders to Avoid

Forget hounding people to pay their invoices on time - the mere act of creating and submitting an invoice can lead to drama. Most small business owners know how the invoice process can be fraught with pitfalls that lead to delayed payment, or worse, no payment.

Turning orders into cash

How to use technology to improve your cash flow

Top tips to secure investment

How to attract private business investment

Re-writing the rules of business finance

The rising power of Peer-to-Peer finance, a flourishing alternative to the banking system

Third quarter of strong growth for financial services

The UK financial services sector saw activity grow strongly for the third quarter in a row, in the three months to March, according to a new survey published today (Monday).