Meet the brand making card payments simple for businesses big and small. Nicholas Harris, Head of Partnerships at forward-thinking payments company, Square, tells us about the tools it’s building to help businesses sell both in-person and online.

Square launched in the US nine years ago with the idea that the economy is better when everyone has access to technology and the tools they need to grow. We work with over two million businesses of all sizes, from micro roasters in Bristol, to multi-location café chains in London.

Britain is going cashless. In 2017, for the first time ever, more than half of UK purchases were made by card. It’s important to us that small previously cash-only businesses aren’t missing out. We partner with organisations across the UK to support small business communities and educate them about card payments.
 

  
We provide tools that shorten the distance between having an idea and making a living from it. The Square reader (our pocket-sized card reader) and Dashboard (our free app that tracks your transactions) allows businesses to take payments and keep track of their sales.
 
Fair and Square. We’re already seeing lots of businesses making the switch to Square from traditional payment providers who have high recurring costs and lengthy contracts. With Square, you only pay when you make a sale, meaning it costs less when you have a quiet month (or you run away to the sun for a while).