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Bladex to focus on export finance

Panama-based trade finance bank Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones (Bladex) (NYSE: BLX) will continue to reduce its credit exposure this year…


Index of production August 2004

In the three months to August, the seasonally adjusted chained volume index for the output of the production industries was…


Experian launches enhanced Commercial Intelliscore and Small Business Intelliscore credit…

Predictive models evaluate business-to-business credit risk with greater speed, accuracy, and consistency. Experian®, a global information solutions company, today announced…


Exim Thailand backs investment in Vietnam

After visiting Vietnam last month, the Export-Import Bank of Thailand’s board has pledged to support Thai businesses that invest there,…


Korea's Exim bank provides US$354m to Indian power project

For its first loan to the Indian power sector, Korea's Export-Import Bank will provide US$354m to state-run National Thermal Power…


HSBC offers new small business loan with fast approvals

Small-to-medium businesses can now apply for a loan with HSBC by simply providing a copy of their MPF contribution statement…


Reluctance hampers lending to Cebu SMEs

Reluctance on the part of both borrowers and lenders is hampering lending to small- and medium-enterprises (SME) in Cebu, a…


Ј700m is raised by mezzanine fund team

A new independent fund that will help finance the buy-out of large companies has raised Ђ1bn (Ј700m). The UK-based fund,…


Banks lend US$3.9bn to SMEs, Jan-Jul

The banking sector channelled credits totalling Rp35.9 trillion (US$3.9bn) to small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs) in the January-July period this year,…


David Totney is back on his old hunting ground

One of the best known figures on Birmingham's commercial finance scene has returned to his old hunting ground in the…


UK service sector continued to grow strongly in September, but…

September saw an eighteenth consecutive monthly increase in service sector business activity, which firms attributed to continued marketing activities, higher…


Profitability of UK companies 2nd quarter 2004

The net rate of return by private non-financial corporations in the second quarter of 2004 was 13.8 per cent. This…


Business investment up again

Manufacturers and construction companies have contributed to a substantial increase in UK business investment between April and June this year.…


Married couple loses “partnership” tax test case

SMEs throughout the UK could be liable for higher tax bills after a and husband and wife team lost their…


Fewer businesses to go bust, says BDO

There will be a large decline in the number of UK businesses going bust this year, according to insolvency experts…


Capacity utilization of S.Korea's SMEs dips in August

South Korea's small-and medium-enterprises (SMEs) saw their operating rate inch down in August from July following a prolonged business slump,…


Eurofactor initiative set to “revolutionise” trading across Europe

Leading business finance experts, Eurofactor, have launched a new pan-European factoring facility which may “revolutionise” the way multinational operating groups…


Banks expected to post record yearly net profit

South Korean banks will likely post a record high net income of more than 7trillion won (about US$6.1bn) this year…


Government red tape pledge on business aid

Ministers have pledged to cut back on the red tape damaging government assistance to smaller businesses. The move came as…


Spowart plans bank for SMEs

Jim Spowart, the bank start-up expert who brought Direct Line Financial Services, Standard Life Bank and Intelligent Finance (IF) to…


Small firm loans due for overhaul-Richard Tyler

A review of the government-backed small firms loan guarantee scheme has found it "expensive" and "bureaucratic" and recommends a bonfire…


IGF Invoice Finance Ltd pre-tax profit soars

IGF Invoice Finance Ltd (IGF), part of the Greater London Enterprise (GLE) Group of Companies, has announced a pre-tax profit…


Challenge Finance reports 2003 loss

Challenge Finance Ltd, the Sevenoaks-based invoice discounter, has reported a loss before tax of Ј568,599, compared to a loss of…


City Invoice Finance Ltd celebrates 5 years in business and…

City Invoice Finance Ltd, the Manchester-based cash flow solutions company, has announced a pre-tax profit of Ј514,645 for the financial…


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