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The fight against fraud – what every company director MUST…

Fear of fraud should force every board director to take responsibility for their companies’ defences and ensure they have strong…


ILO launches pivotal programme to support SMEs

A new, high- profile, integrated business growth programme, called Expand Your Business (EYB), will be launched on... (more…)


The future is cross selling

A special article by Ann Horan, Managing Director, Bank of Ireland Commercial Finance and Chairman of the Factors & Discounters…


Coface world country risk index improves

Coface announced that its world country risk index continued to improve during the past three months (down 4% and at…


Reliance on exports is Asia's Achilles heel

Export growth is slowing across Asia in another sign that high oil prices are affecting the global economy. As recently…


EXIM bank forced to change strategy to drive SME expansion…

Competition from local banks offering trade finance at lower rates has meant that the Export-Import Bank... (more…)


ICICI bank’s partnership to advance micro-finance receivables market

In a move that will support the advancement of micro-sized businesses, ICCI Bank, the country's largest private... (more…)


European courts are thick with problem of thin capitalisation

Thin capitalisation is not a term with which many of those involved in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be…


Know your export market

An article by Robert Hannah, corporate finance partner with Grant Thornton Exports, along with many other areas of the Scottish economy…


UK company profitability has now fallen for a record 16th…

The profitability of UK companies has fallen to below six per cent for the first time, according to Experian® in…


The vagaries of debtor insurance

Luke Johnson, chairman of Signature Restaurants, gives his views on the trade credit insurance industry It is hard to think…


Static Scotland still trailing rest of UK sectoral report

The latest Scottish Economic Report (SER) shows that Scotland remains in a fairly static business environment compared with the rest…


Small business banking – HBOS expansion helps competition

The much-vaunted government effort to improve the deal that small businesses get from their banks has been less important to…


Stop there, Mr Brown

By John Brace, deputy president of ACCA  In last April's Budget, Gordon Brown, the chancellor, announced that the government would…


Major changes to stamp taxes

Article by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer  Executive summary  From 1 December this year there will be major changes to stamp taxes.…


Political risk insurance – another test

Article by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer  Executive summary This briefing tracks recent developments in political risk insurance; looking specifically at claims…


Company profitability enters fifth year of decline

The collapse in profitability of UK companies continued into the second quarter of 2003, according to Experian® in its latest…


The pound at a critical juncture

In the latest issue of the Deloitte Economic Review, our Economic Adviser, Roger Bootle, focuses on the outlook for the…


The outlook for corporate turnarounds and restructurings

An article by Simon Longfield, partner, Grant Thornton  The successive crises in the new technology, telecoms, media, energy and travel…


Debt factoring –the Atkins Diet for companies?

An article by Fraser Campbell, partner at Campbell Dallas, chartered accountants and business advisers  I am sure that, like me,…


Bad debt risk could be route to higher profits

As UK corporate profitability continues to fall (Source: Experian, 12 January 2004), and insolvencies remain high, some companies should consider…


Scotland – Debts irrecoverable if Register not checked

An article by Stephen Cowan of Yuill & Kyle Methods designed for credit granting, credit decision-making and debt recovery will…


Selective financial help is there for the asking in Scotland

An article by Graeme Forbes, Head of Corporate Finance with Grant Thornton  The latest Regional Selective Assistance (RSAs) figures highlight…


SME sector growth reined in by input costs inflation

The steady growth of the small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector is being reined in by rising costs in the…


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