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UK businesses have become more cautious about their near-term turnover as energy costs and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on pricing, liquidity and growth plans. Only 13% of trading businesses expect their turnover to increase in August, while 18% anticipate...
#business confidence#economic uncertainty#energy costs
The British Business Bank is progressing plans for a £100m aerospace supply-chain fund intended to provide structured debt capital to…
#aerospace finance#Airbus#British Business Bank
A fall in UK inflation to 2.6% may provide only limited relief for businesses facing persistent financing, energy and customer-credit…
#Atradius#customer credit risk#liquidity
The Bank of England will stop accepting bonds linked to thermal coal as collateral in key lending operations from October,…
#Bank of England#banking regulation#central banking
Ebury has signed a multi-year agreement with Ipswich Town Football Club to manage the club’s international payments and foreign exchange…
#cross-border payments#currency risk#Ebury
More than three-quarters of UK businesses have experienced financial losses caused by late payments, according to new research from Marsh…
#bad debt#late payments#Marsh
The UK government has confirmed that VAT invoices will have to be issued in a prescribed electronic format from April…
#e-invoicing#factoring technology#HMRC
The British Business Bank is making up to £500m of existing guarantee capacity available to support lending to intellectual property-rich…
#alternative finance#British Business Bank#CDFIs
Buy now, pay later providers have come under Financial Conduct Authority supervision as new affordability, disclosure and consumer-support rules take…
#buy now pay later#consumer credit#FCA
The UK government’s plans to expand access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises should be matched by greater awareness…
#Bibby Financial Services#Growth Guarantee Scheme#invoice finance
Bibby Financial Services has agreed a €250m facility with HSBC UK to expand its financing support for small and medium-sized…
#back-to-back financing#Bibby Financial Services#HSBC UK
The UK government has opened a call for evidence on strengthening trade relationships with Indonesia, the Philippines, the United Arab…
#CPTPP#export finance#Indonesia
New UK late-payment legislation will have limited impact unless larger companies change how they treat smaller suppliers, according to Time…
#invoice finance#late payments#Small Business Protections Bill