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Small firms offered loans boost

A boost for small businesses, offering bigger loans to fund expansion plans, was announced by chancellor Gordon Brown today. For firms less than three years old with turnovers of Ј5.6 million or less, loans under the small business guarantee scheme...

#guarantee#guarantee scheme#interest rates

One in ten businesses pay customers late when they...

Research by the Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) has found that nearly 11% of businesses would pay their customers late…


North of England factor reports profit in second year...

Skipton Business Finance Limited (SBF), a subsidiary of Skipton Building Society, has reported a profit before tax of Ј407,050 for…

#business finance#Skipton Business Finance#working capital


Credit insurance – the industry discusses how to tap...

So far, credit insurance has primarily been the domain of specialist brokers that have a good understanding of the products.…

#insurance


Abbey sets sights on the SMEs market

Abbey National plans a sustained attack on the market for banking services for small- and medium-sized enterprises after the completion…

#bank#management#small business


Exporters can arm themselves against bad debts

Credit insurer Coface UK's latest product launch includes the provision for exporters to shield themselves against bad debts. The financing…

#bad debts#exporters#receivables


BOE holds rates at 4.75%

UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 4.75% following the latest meeting of the Bank of England's rate-setting…

#bank#Bank of England#interest rates


Index of production August 2004

In the three months to August, the seasonally adjusted chained volume index for the output of the production industries was…


Ј700m is raised by mezzanine fund team

A new independent fund that will help finance the buy-out of large companies has raised Ђ1bn (Ј700m). The UK-based fund,…

#bank#international#liquidity


David Totney is back on his old hunting ground

One of the best known figures on Birmingham's commercial finance scene has returned to his old hunting ground in the…


UK service sector continued to grow strongly in September,...

September saw an eighteenth consecutive monthly increase in service sector business activity, which firms attributed to continued marketing activities, higher…


Profitability of UK companies 2nd quarter 2004

The net rate of return by private non-financial corporations in the second quarter of 2004 was 13.8 per cent. This…

#UK companies

Business investment up again

Manufacturers and construction companies have contributed to a substantial increase in UK business investment between April and June this year.…

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