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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 an accelerated pace.) The improvement reflects better payment behavior by companies in Europe and brighter expectations for the business environment...

#bank#exports#liquidity

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...

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

#bank#exporters#international


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…

#European Commission#Paid#small businesses


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…

#Clear#exports#small businesses


UK company profitability has now fallen for a record...

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

#awards#GDP#Jobs


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…

#Allianz#bank#exporters


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…

#bank#invoice#small business


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.…

#acquisition#assignment#Paid

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…

#bank#international#political risk

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