May 17, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
David Thompson, the chief executive of Close Brothers Invoice Finance, believes that the challenging financial climate has helped to increase the awareness and popularity of asset based lending…
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May 15, 2012 | Economic News
Small businesses saw sales to domestic and export customers slip during the first quarter of this year as the reality of a double dip recession made its presence felt.
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May 11, 2012 | Government Funding News
The body in charge of scrutinising how effectively the government spends money has criticised some aspects of the way the Regional Growth Fund is being managed.
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May 10, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
Wonga, one of the biggest names in the market for short-term payday consumer loans, its turning its attention to small businesses.
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May 10, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
SME commercial finance specialist Centric has arranged a £1.3 million invoice discounting facility for Martin Audio, a speaker manufacturer and global exporter whose client list includes Glastonbury festival.
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May 8, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
The market for asset based finance such as factoring, invoice and asset finance, is expected to grow by 9 percent this year despite ongoing concerns about the state of the UK economy.
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May 3, 2012 | Regional Funding News
Budding entrepreneurs in Cambridgeshire are being given the chance to secure up to £35,000 in start-up funding courtesy of Anglia Ruskin University.
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April 26, 2012 | Mergers & Acquisitons News
Companies at the centre of merger and acquisition activity are at risk of losing sight of key financial data leading them to make poor, unprofitable decisions.
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April 17, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
Businesses are increasingly turning to asset finance as a means of funding investments, according to industry body the Finance & Leasing Association.
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April 17, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
With small firms still struggling to access finance and no short-term solution to increasing bank lending, it is time the government looked beyond the shores of the UK for imaginative solutions, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.
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April 15, 2012 | Alternative Finance News
Asset based lenders made even more money available to businesses during the fourth quarter of 2011 but the amount of cash being taken up by firms actually fell.
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April 10, 2012 | Private Equity News
A growing number of chairmen and non-executive directors of private equity-funded companies are taking a more hands-on role in day-to-day decision making because of the challenging economic climate.
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April 3, 2012 | Alternative Finance News,
Government Funding News
The recommendations made by Tim Breedon in his review of non-bank business lending may fall at the first fence if more isn’t done to educate intermediaries – and especially accountants – on the funding support available to their SME clients.
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April 3, 2012 | Banking News
Small businesses are being urged to step up their preparations ahead of annual overdraft renewal meetings after new research revealed that main banks are enforcing adverse lending changes to almost one in two firms.
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March 27, 2012 | General News
Butcher’s Pet Care has officially opened a new £38 million headquarters in the village of Crick, its home for the last 25 years.
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March 27, 2012 | Economic News
The economy is contracting and professional credit managers continue to be pessimistic – that was the overall sentiment in the latest Quarterly Credit Managers’ Index, which gauges the thoughts of credit managers in UK business.
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March 27, 2012 | Private Equity News
Private equity investor LDC has funded a management buy-out of aviation support services business Airline Services Ltd.
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