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Failed entrepreneurs encouraged to try again

Failed businessmen are being encouraged to launch new enterprises as banks increase their offering to the flagging SME sector. (more…)

#bank#bankruptcy#management

Credit insurance dries up as premiums rise 40 percent

SMEs express their anger at the rising cost and withdrawal of credit cover. (more…)


Fraud Act 2006 – the new 'prosecutors darling'

UK prosecutors harness a new weapon in their fight against financial fraud. (more…)

#crisis#frauds#MAN


Government guarantees not being extended by banks

Worrying statistics reveal that nine out of ten SMEs say banks have not extended government backed loans to them, despite…


Possible management buy-out at Cattles Invoice Finance

More directors are suspended at the Cattles group as the company considers selling its invoice finance arm. (more…)

#Deloitte#financial services#invoice


Forty percent increase in money owed to SMEs

Recent research shows that UK payments times for SMEs have topped 41 days beyond agreed payment terms. (more…)

#cash-flow#late payment#Paid


Santander to strengthen SME offering

Santander, and their British subsidiary Alliance and Leicester, are looking to buck the banking trend in the UK and offer…


Lloyds survey highlights cash flow concerns

Seventy percent of UK businesses cited late payment of invoices as being the key concern for cash flow. (more…)


CBI: government loan boost insufficient

CBI suggests that banks concentrate upon alternative channels of funding. (more…)

#bank#Bank of England#interest rates


ABL continues to grow despite the downturn

During 2008 the UK's asset based lending industry far exceeded expectations, and at the end of the year was advancing…

#asset based finance#invoice#liquidity


KBC scales back London office

KBC downsize structured trade finance office. (more…)

#bank#investment#KBC


Access to funding remains problematic

The government's Enterprises Finance Guarantee scheme is falling short of expectations. (more…)

Accountants say banks need to be patient

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has appealed to banks to continue extending overdrafts and to help restore confidence…

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