Business insights

If your business holds large cash reserves with banks that share a licence, your money could have less FSCS protection than you think. But you can check which banks share a licence if you know where to look.

The FSCS can protect eligible business cash deposits of up to £120,000 per financial institution. But there are ways to increase the amount of protection your business cash reserves enjoy, especially when you use a cash management platform.

With costs rising, AI offers a chance to streamline operations and cut admin. But concerns over data privacy and security mean confidence is lagging. Here’s what would change that.

Almost three in four SMEs save mostly with high street banks, and most see them as the safer choice. Yet many may be leaving cash unprotected and earning less than it could.

Economic uncertainty and rising costs are leaving UK SMEs to cope rather than grow – and 43% doubt they can continue this way for more than two years. New research from Flagstone reveals the support businesses need to protect jobs and investment.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham spent much of the summer travelling around the UK in 'listening mode', hearing directly from businesses as his new government shapes its plans for the economy.