UK

Statistics showing insolvencies in the first quarter 2004 were published today by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

COMPANY INSOLVENCIES

GE Commercial Finance Ltd. (GECF), a leading UK provider of business finance solutions, today announced the appointment of Anthony Newman as regional manager, South West.

GE Commercial Finance Ltd (GECF Ltd), a leading UK provider of business finance solutions, announced today that it has provided funding for a transaction through which Loughborough electronics manufacturer, Datalink Electronics Ltd, successfully a

The Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) has launched a new version of its popular credit management guide and wallchart. The free guide contains updated information to help both suppliers and buyers tackle late payment.

The Bank of England raised its main interest rate today to 4.25 per cent, in line with market expectations.

EUROFACTOR UK has posted pre-tax profits of Ј1.3 million for 2003 in spite of some of the toughest trading conditions in years.

A small Yorkshire-based company has won a multi-million dollar contract to supply and commission a soya bean processing plant in south eastern Kazakhstan with help from the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), the UK’s official export credi

According to those trying to push the economic benefits of enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 member states, Scotland has shown little more than lukewarm interest and risks losing the initiative.

According to the eleventh - and final - report on finance for small firms, "there was little evidence of smaller firms having difficulties accessing bank finance and the liquidity of the sector remained strong," during 2003.

The finance union UNIFI described the announcement of 270 job losses within Asset Finance, the finance house arm of Lloyds TSB, as "callous and uncaring". Asset Finance employs around 270 staff in its offices in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth.