After successfully integrating with Xero last year, Starling Bank has announced that its business banking users will now be able to integrate their accounts with FreeAgent, reducing the stress of managing business finances.

The Open Banking integration means that, with permission, FreeAgent will automatically import bank transactions into your cloud-based accounts.

FreeAgent will also pull data like spending category, transaction time and business name and organise transactions in a way that’s suitable for Making Tax Digital for VAT.

All of this means that you can reduce the time spent on routine financial admin and eliminate errors that might creep in while you manually import data.

The Government offers a range of loans, services and tools to help small businesses grow and improve productivity.

If you have just set up a new business, or are looking at ways to expand, then Government support is often the best (and cheapest) way to realise your goals.

In this blog post, we look at some of the schemes that can help small businesses achieve specific targets.