HBoS set to align organisation to SME customer base
HBOS, the Edinburgh-based bank, confirmed it was "well on track" to double its share of the UK business banking market by the end of next year.
HBOS, the Edinburgh-based bank, confirmed it was "well on track" to double its share of the UK business banking market by the end of next year.
More than 70 jobs have been saved at Brockington & Scott in Pontarddulais, thanks to a group of senior managers acquiring the firm with assistance from Lloyds TSB Corporate Finance.
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By Graeme Forbes, head of corporate finance with Grant Thornton.
Financial services companies' confidence improved more than at any time in the last four years as business grew at its fastest rate since last summer, according to the latest quarterly survey of the sector published today (6 October) by the CBI an
The two main speakers at the Labour Party Conference left small business representatives reserving judgement on whether the future policy being outlined would be of any real benefit to the sector.
Financial and legal experts have warned that the government's effort to halt the rising tide of business fraud is failing because of ineffective legislation and insufficient resources.
Small- and medium-sized businesses are set to win more contracts from central and local government.
The UK economy grew twice as fast as previously thought in the second quarter of 2003, official figures have shown.