Ireland

Over 1,600 small- and medium-sized businesses have drawn down a combined EUR45m from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in its first four months in operation

Peer-to-peer lending company Linked Finance has announced that it has facilitated over EUR5.4m in loans for over 300 Irish SMEs employing a total of 2,000 people since it was launched in March 2013

Irish companies with a turnover of up to EUR5m have received EUR500m in invoice finance in the first quarter of this year, according to new figures from the Asset Based Finance Association – the body representing the invoice finance industry in the UK and Ireland

Funding to be made available to small businesses attending Dublin event

Highest annual sales turnover for Irish invoice finance users since data collection began

Bank syndicate provides package involving receivables and inventory financing

Funder states that bolstered capital availability the result of strong SME demand

Growth occurs during third quarter of 2014

Joint Committee publication recommends crowdfunding initiatives and access to non-bank funding for SMEs, but overlooks receivables and asset-based lending

Funding levels up right across the business spectrum