Potential Finance results ‘disappointing’ 2003

Potential Finance Limited, the independent Brentwood-based debt factoring company, has announced a pre-tax loss of Ј1.22 million for the year to 30 September 2003, compared to a profit of Ј173,409 for the twelve months to 30 September 2002.

GE Commercial Finance names new CEO

GE Commercial Finance Ltd (GECF Ltd), a leading UK provider of business finance solutions, today announced the appointment of Richard Pelly as chief executive officer.

SMEs are missing out on Europe

As the country begins to turn its attention to whether or not it approves of the EU's Constitution, concern is rising that UK SMEs are not keeping up-to-date with European developments that will increasingly affect them.

Senior finance executive - just the job for fraud

Wanted. Male, 36-45, finance experience, senior executive level. That, according to analysis by forensic accountants at KPMG, is not so much a job search description, as a profile of the "typical" fraudster.

Business failures set to hit 6-year low in 2005

According to a report published today by the business advice group BDO Stoy Hayward, the number of bankruptcies is set to fall to a six-year low by the end of 2005, even though they rose in the first quarter of this year because of the knock-on ef