During 2015 the Business Finance Bulletin has featured business and finance tips from various industry experts. In this compilation of interviews carried out in 2015 there are tips on growing your business, boosting profits, developing entrepreneurial staff, pitching for finance, using crowdfunding and managing VAT.

These collections of tips and ideas come from Dr Paul Thomas, Mike Ogilvie, Rebecca Jones, Steve Clarke, Steve Houghton-Burnett and Liz Maher and thanks to them for sharing their knowledge and expertise.

Get ready to take notes to kick start your business in 2016.

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In the latest Business Finance Bulletin episode Rob Warlow looks at how late payment continues to get increased focus by the government with revisions of the Prompt Payment Code and proposed legislation. Rob also shares surveys carried out by the Forum of Private Business and the Federations of Small Businesses looking at the extent of the late payment problem.

More news about the government’s desire to regulate that banks must refer clients to alternative sources of finance in cases where they have been declined support by the banks. Rob discusses how the British Business Bank has been given the task to find suitable partners.

If you are an early-stage growth business looking to raise finance via selling equity then Rob shares news about the Sprint programme launched by crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

And in the Business Finance Tip of the Week Rob chats with Mike Ogilvie of OBC Accountants in Eastbourne in which he shares three growth tips for businesses to act on.

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