Start-Up Loan scheme exceeds expectations
The Start-Up Loan scheme has exceeded expectations as 2,000 aspirational young entrepreneurs have now received support to help get their business…
Corporate Insolvency
Experian launches collections network
Experian has launched the Experian Collections Network, a comprehensive service that the company says aims to improve data accuracy in the…
UK services businesses continue to grow
Small business domestic turnover rose by 0.43 percent between Q3 and Q4 2012 according to The Cashflow Barometer, a quarterly study by ABN AMRO…
Small businesses must be at the heart of the chancellor’s Budget, says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) wants a Budget for small firms that will give opportunities for investment, growth and job creation and…
January business insolvency figures hit lowest rate since June 2007
The latest Insolvency Index from Experian reveals a significant drop in the rate of business insolvencies in January 2013, its lowest level since…
New rules use government buying power against tax avoidance
New rules that will allow government departments to ban companies and individuals which take part in failed tax avoidance schemes from being awarded…
CBI appoints Stephen Gifford as Director of Economics
The CBI has appointed Stephen Gifford as Director of Economics. He was previously Chief Economist at the accountancy firm Grant Thornton and was…
February is revealed as the worst month for cash flow
Ahead of the new payment directive deadline in March, Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance has announced that the last week in February, is the worst…
Lack of growth squeezing the UK construction market
The latest total volume of construction output figures from the Office of National Statistics covering November 2012 were estimated to have been 9.8…
Cash flow protection for small businesses made simple
Euler Hermes has launched Simplicity, an easy to use, ‘off the shelf’ trade credit insurance policy that protects very small businesses from the…
