Starting a business is exhilarating, but one of the toughest challenges is securing those first few clients. When you're a new and unknown entity, why would anyone take a chance on you? Thankfully, businesses and individuals willing to work with fresh startups do exist—but finding them can be a daunting task.

Choosing the right accountant can increase your team's planning, problem-solving, and overall business advisory skills. Saving money, improving financial efficiency, and increasing profits can all be benefits of this decision.

If you or your clients are looking for ways to grow profits, drop prices or pay staff more, then one strategy is to lift productivity in your business. But what is productivity exactly (hint: it’s not about working longer hours), and how can you lift it in your small business or practice?

Over a year ago, Xero launched an early version of Xero Go to see how a purpose built app could help cater for the entry-level accounting needs of the self-employed in the UK.

What are the implications of AI for small businesses? Can it increase efficiency, reduce costs, and expand the capabilities of a company?

Virgin StartUp, the non-profit home of entrepreneurship at the Virgin Group, will be tripling the number of UK founders it supports over the next two years, distributing £36 million in Start Up Loans.