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FSB figures show 400,000 firms are at risk as a result of late payments and delayed invoices. This episode explores the steps you can take to get paid promptly and details a new campaign aimed at changing the culture of late payments.

This episode covers all you need to know on the latest issues impacting small businesses, including new resources available to help LGBT+ small business owners and employees; and why small business bank lending is reducing.
Featuring: Craig Beaumont, Chief of external affairs, FSB; Ruth McElroy, Communications and Public Affairs Advisor at FSB; and Adrian Innes, chief revenue officer, Finpoint

This episode explores why an increasing number of small businesses are looking to measure and offset their carbon emissions and how you can begin to do so for your small business. Produced in partnership with JustCarbon, a blockchain-based carbon marketplace, that simplifies offsetting carbon emissions through the purchase of carbon tokens.

This episode covers all you need to know on the latest issues impacting small businesses, including the rising cost of doing business, international trade disruption and new rules for disputes over commercial rents.

This episode is in partnership with Dell Technologies, visit https://www.dell.com/en-uk for more.

Running a small business is tough and can at times feel isolating. What's more, finding money to invest in growing or evolving your business – from web design to legal advice, consulting services and content creation – can be an unwelcome additional expense. However, there are a growing number of small business networking hubs and forums that enable small business owners to obtain support, share ideas and swap strategies - or exchange skills and resources. This episode explores the value of these sites and how they can help small businesses grow.
Featuring: Rupert Lane, Founder, Probo.co and Kelly Baynes, C-founder, Nurture Network.

All you need to know on the latest issues impacting small businesses, including the key announcements from the Spring Statement and Making Tax Digital.