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UKEF opens new financing route for sustainable fuel and...

UK Export Finance has broadened its support for sustainable aviation fuel projects and signed new cooperation agreements covering electric aircraft and international aerospace exports, extending the export credit agency’s role across emerging aviation technologies. UKEF will widen its eligibility criteria...

#aerospace finance#decarbonisation#export finance

Eurozone banks tighten corporate credit as working-capital demand rises

Eurozone banks tightened lending standards for businesses during the second quarter even as demand for working-capital and inventory finance increased,…

#alternative finance#bank credit#corporate lending


Energy costs darken UK business outlook despite easing input...

UK businesses have become more cautious about their near-term turnover as energy costs and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on…

#business confidence#economic uncertainty#energy costs


UK advances £100m aerospace supply-chain finance fund

The British Business Bank is progressing plans for a £100m aerospace supply-chain fund intended to provide structured debt capital to…

#aerospace finance#Airbus#British Business Bank


Atradius warns UK inflation dip may not ease trade...

A fall in UK inflation to 2.6% may provide only limited relief for businesses facing persistent financing, energy and customer-credit…

#Atradius#customer credit risk#liquidity


Bank of England excludes coal-linked bonds from lending collateral

The Bank of England will stop accepting bonds linked to thermal coal as collateral in key lending operations from October,…

#Bank of England#banking regulation#central banking


Ebury becomes Ipswich Town’s official foreign exchange partner

Ebury has signed a multi-year agreement with Ipswich Town Football Club to manage the club’s international payments and foreign exchange…

#cross-border payments#currency risk#Ebury


YouLend brings embedded finance to 15,000 German merchants through...

YouLend has partnered with German e-commerce software provider JTL to give more than 15,000 merchants direct access to working-capital finance…

#e-commerce finance#embedded finance#fintech


Marsh finds 76% of UK businesses have suffered late-payment...

More than three-quarters of UK businesses have experienced financial losses caused by late payments, according to new research from Marsh…

#bad debt#late payments#Marsh


UK confirms mandatory VAT e-invoicing from April 2029

The UK government has confirmed that VAT invoices will have to be issued in a prescribed electronic format from April…

#e-invoicing#factoring technology#HMRC


UK sets aside £500m guarantee capacity for IP-rich SME...

The British Business Bank is making up to £500m of existing guarantee capacity available to support lending to intellectual property-rich…

#alternative finance#British Business Bank#CDFIs


FCA brings £13bn buy now, pay later market under...

Buy now, pay later providers have come under Financial Conduct Authority supervision as new affordability, disclosure and consumer-support rules take…

#buy now pay later#consumer credit#FCA

Bibby urges government to widen SME funding beyond traditional...

The UK government’s plans to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises should be matched by greater awareness…

#Bibby Financial Services#Growth Guarantee Scheme#invoice finance

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