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Ex-Im Bank and SACE sign co-financing agreement – exporters in…

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) and its Italian counterpart, Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE S.p.a.),…


ASEAN-China investment fund launched to serve SMEs

The Swiss government, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) launched an ASEAN-China investment fund on Friday as…


President urges bankers to accelerate lending to support economic recovery

Mexico's President Vicente Fox wants bankers to speed-up lending to support a nascent economic recovery, he told the Mexican Banking…


MPS Leasing & Factoring first full year net profit

Monte dei Paschi Leasing & Factoring (MPS) have announced a net profit of Ђ6m, and total commissions of Ђ4bn in…


Small businesses feel pinch

The Czech government had turned its back on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The sector not only faces increased foreign…


EBRD to raise credit for small businesses in Russia

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plans to increase loans to small business in Russia to US$2 billion…


Eximbank cuts export loan rates

State Minister Kursad Tuzmen has announced that Eximbank has cut its short-term lira export loan rates by two per cent…


Northern Ireland – firms export 'by accident'; new guide will…

Nearly two-thirds of small- and medium-sized Northern Ireland firms (SMEs) that export goods and services are accidental exporters, it has…


Ex-Im Bank expands programmes to finance US exports to Pakistan

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) will offer expanded financing opportunities for US exports to the public…


SMEs lack knowledge of intellectual property rules

Many local businesses and institutions are not in a position to benefit from intellectual property (IP) because of their lack…


Northern Ireland’s small firms still get a raw deal

Budget 2004 contained few shocks for corporate Northern Ireland: that does not mean that everything in the garden is rosy.…


Cheap credit tap opens for SMEs

With large blue chip companies no longer knocking on banks' doors, bankers today are lending against the receivables of SMEs.…


Coface UK poll shows confidence that payment problems will decrease…

Coface UK recently conducted a mini-poll asking respondents whether they believed levels of delayed and/or non-payment will increase or decrease…


Record high of 100,000 German bankruptcies

German bankruptcies hit a record high last year as the fragile state of Europe's largest economy and rising private borrowing…


DTI guide – Creating Value from your Intangible Assets

Irrespective of sector, innovative organisations recognise that to maintain their competitive advantage they must continually seek to identify, develop and…


GE Commercial Finance in refinancing deal with British valve manufacturer

An Ј8 million refinancing deal, including Ј3.5 million provided by GE Commercial Finance, (GECF) has enabled St. Helen’s-based Delta Fluid…


EFIC introduces new political risk insurance policy for plant &…

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) has introduced a new political risk insurance (PRI) policy for Plant and Equipment to…


Official export-credit programmes

Teximbank operates programmes designed to insure exports against commercial and political risks. The majority of the companies accessing the service…


Small business fury over tax break 'U-turn'

Gordon Brown closed a tax loophole for self-employed people two years after he created it, in a U-turn that infuriated…


AGF plans to build 10% on profit recovery in 2003

Allianz group’s French insurance subsidiary AGF has set itself the target of increasing operating profitability by 10% this year after…


Banks squeezed to lend more

Bankers reacted negatively to the government's move to prod lenders to free up loans to consumers and small companies. A…


Chancellor all 'enterprise' talk and no action – ACCA

Responding to the Chancellor's budget speech, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) was disappointed with the ways the Chancellor…


Ex-Im Bank offers help to New England exporters to increase…

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) in cooperation with the US Department of Commerce, Small Business Administration,…


Surge in small business happiness

According to the latest quarterly survey by Bank of Scotland's (BoS) corporate banking arm, net optimism - the balance of…


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