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Bibby Factors Bedford, the leading provider of business cashflow solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Hardy as business finance executive

SME Invoice Finance has announced the appointment of Simon Walker as development director. Working closely with a well-established team, he takes responsibility for the growth of the company's e-commerce capabilities across the whole business.

Small businesses in the UK are still experiencing money problems because of late paying customers, despite new legislation to stem the problem.

Business failures have fallen to their lowest level in two years, as business-to-business activity is set to overtake consumer spending as the mainstay of the British economy.

Carl Cushnie, the founder of collapsed trade finance provider Versailles Group, threw a Christmas party five years ago for the richest investors in his private business, falsely promising them their money was safe from a scandal that had days earl

The former finance director of Versailles Group will testify as a prosecution witness in the trial of Carl Cushnie, owner of the disgraced finance group, after pleading guilty to fraud, a jury heard.

According to the December Ulster Bank PMI® survey of the Northern Ireland private sector economy for the month of December, released today, levels of business activity in the Northern Ireland private sector economy have improved for a ninth succes

Business has been thrown into confusion following the launch of new European Union regulations that came into force on 1 January 2004.

The government has announced a series of measures to help small businesses overcome barriers to raising and accessing finance.

Measures to be introduced include:

Today, HSBC Bank launches a new network of 22 Corporate Banking Centres throughout the UK aimed at the mid-corporate sector.