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Interest rate hike will wreck SME growth, finds UK...

Small businesses fear that further hikes in interest rates will prove disastrous for their firms, according to UK factoring and invoice discounter, Bibby Financial Services. With the Bank of England’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raising interest rates on four...

Slovak exporters to sell receivables to Italian factor

UniBanka will start taking over the receivables of Slovak exporters to Italian customers. The bank will purchase receivables maturing within…


FDA diploma second registration period for 2004 approaches

Developed in association with the Institute of Financial Services (ifs), the FDA Diploma is comprised of two Distance Learning Modules…


Business outlook improving – Ecostat

Large companies were a little more cautious about their economic outlook in June, but SMEs remained optimistic, according to a…

#economic outlook#exports#inflation


CBI questions government commitment to export credit support

CBI director-general, Digby Jones, has questioned the government's sustained commitment to globally competitive export credit support following Trade and Industry…


Rough justice for Dynamic’s shareholders

Shareholders in Dynamic Commercial Finance can be justly peeved by a ruling from the Takeover Panel that has effectively restricted…


RPP interest rate decision announced

The Monetary Policy Council (RPP) has increased interest rates by 50 basis points, which means that the prime indication rate…


BoE defends hawkish stance on interest rates

The deputy governor of the Bank of England yesterday sought to justify the Monetary Policy Committee's approach to raising interest…

#bank#Bank of England#inflation


Abbey sells Ј12m invoice discounting portfolio

Five Arrows Commercial Finance, the UK invoice finance firm, has bought the invoice discounting portfolio of Abbey Business, adding 50…


Hungary third in regional FDI inflows, first in outflows

The level of foreign direct investment (FDI) continued to fall in the OECD area in 2003, the Paris-based organization said.…


Late payments cost business Ј20b a year

A survey carried out by credit management company Intrum Justicia has revealed the cost to British business of late payments…

#British business#late payment#management


Euler extends Greek credit insurance business

Euler Hermes, the French credit insurance company, has announced that it has raised its stake in its Greek joint-venture, Phoenix…

CNB stuns markets with interest rate rise

The Czech National Bank (CNB) bank board took the markets by surprise, raising interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. The…

#bank#banks#inflation

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