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Establishing a growth culture where small firms can thrive...

Having an environment that encourages start-up companies and provides assistance to early-stage enterprises is vital to any economy. Given a fair wind, some of each year’s new crop of such businesses can go on to be important FTSE 100 companies...

Corporate finance launch international network

Seven independent financial advisory firms operating in nine Central East European countries are scheduled to sign an agreement on forming…


Hausner looks to a stronger zloty to ease budget...

Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner said that next year's budget deficit will be zl. 3 billion lower than expected. He added…

#economy#inflation


Case study: Flexible finance with invoice discounting

Reflex sells video-conferencing equipment and plasma screens to the Ministry of Defence and the education and corporate markets. It has…


Investment companies launch fund to finance SMEs in northern...

Two investment companies are reported to be launching a local investment fund (fonds d'investissement de proximite or FIP). Credit Mutuel…

#investment#smes#Two


Economic shock therapy pays off in new prosperity

Estonia is the economic wunderkind of the accession states. It’s a decade since the Baltic country decided to put itself…

#bank#IMF#Paid


Bank Pekao takes next step in consolidating its leasing...

Bank Pekao has increased the capital of Leasing Fabryczny by zl. 15.7 million (US$4.2m), which now stands at zl. 28.1…


Erste Bank considers bank takeover in southern Poland

Erste Bank is considering a takeover of a Polish bank with a good position in the southern parts of the…

#bank#financial services#poland


Dramatic rise in small business optimism

Further evidence of the improved atmosphere for small firms is revealed in a survey by the Bank of Scotland (BoS).…

#bank#financial services#NatWest


Sanpaolo IMI, the EIB and Fiat in SME loan...

Factoring company Sanpaolo IMI, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Fiat will sign a memorandum of understanding in Turin to…


Outlook of global economy bright over coming years

According to the Bank of Finland, global economic growth has picked up, with the US and Asia in particular exhibiting…


Indicator of economic sentiment shows good prospects for 2004

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) Indicator of Economic Sentiment, a monthly Financial Markets survey, shows the balance between…

MPS Foundation acquires stake in SME finance company

The board of administration of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) Foundation agreed an investment in Finanziaria Senese di…

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