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SVB Holdings PLC, the specialist insurance and reinsurance group, today announces that it has acquired the business of Credit Indemnity & Financial Services Ltd (CIFS).

Nearly two-thirds of small- and medium-sized Northern Ireland firms (SMEs) that export goods and services are accidental exporters, it has been claimed.

Budget 2004 contained few shocks for corporate Northern Ireland: that does not mean that everything in the garden is rosy.

Coface UK recently conducted a mini-poll asking respondents whether they believed levels of delayed and/or non-payment will increase or decrease in 2004.

Irrespective of sector, innovative organisations recognise that to maintain their competitive advantage they must continually seek to identify, develop and make best use of all their available resources.

An Ј8 million refinancing deal, including Ј3.5 million provided by GE Commercial Finance, (GECF) has enabled St.

Gordon Brown closed a tax loophole for self-employed people two years after he created it, in a U-turn that infuriated small businesses.

Responding to the Chancellor's budget speech, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) was disappointed with the ways the Chancellor has found to tax individuals and businesses - all in the name of 'anti-avoidance' and 'simplifica

According to the latest quarterly survey by Bank of Scotland's (BoS) corporate banking arm, net optimism - the balance of managers that are looking forward to the future versus those who are not - rose 47% between February 2003 and the same month

Almost three quarters of the 1,476 businesses surveyed on the Better Payment Practice Group’s (BPPG) website admitted that they are unable to calculate the interest due to them.