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Leading business finance firm Bibby Factors Northeast has appointed Glen Callander as new business development manager.

More Scottish businesses enjoyed rising turnover in the three months to May than at any time since 1998, according to a closely watched survey.

GMAC Commercial Finance plc and Bank Leumi (UK) plc have signed a mutual agreement that will enable the two organisations to offer financial solutions that unite the long established trade finance expertise of Bank Leumi with the significant marke

Since 1992, the number of companies turning to invoice finance has more than trebled. More and more companies are discovering the advantages of finance that turns unpaid invoices into immediate usable working capital.

GERLING NCM, one of the world's leading credit insurance and receivables management companies, launched the first two in a series of trade sector forums for insurance brokers in the midlands.

Firms are predicting a modest pick-up in business in eight out of nine English regions after spending most of the year struggling against a global economic slowdown.

A shake-up in the insolvency regime aimed at helping unsecured creditors will amount to little more than a token gesture, restructuring specialists have warned.

· Four out of five owner-managers believe their business will be better off or remain the same in the next 12 months, with over a third planning to recruit more staff.

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance (LTSBCF) has announced the appointment of Martin Cooper as a statutory director on the LTSBCF Board.

Enterprise Finance Europe (EFE) has expanded its City-based team with the appointment of Richard Hill as regional sales director with specific responsibility for serving clients in East Anglia and Essex.