Edition 324 – June/July 2025
Flawed top-down thinking
Robert Lefroy
What is the purpose of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital project?
No more for HMRC and a lot of bother for us. Why?
Enablers
Robert Lefroy meets new NACFB CEO Jim Higginbotham
It’s the economy, stupid
John Brehcist
Really troubling times
Chris Lee reflects
Commercial lending
Adam Tyler reports from the market
Tackling electricity prices for manufacturers
Stephen Phipson reminds us of the UK’s competitive disadvantage
Raising the curtain
Kieran Jones seeks broker transparency
Financing Property 2025
Savills reveals diverse range of lenders from 47 countries looking to deploy debt capital into UK property
Construction Spotlight
Bibby Financial Services’ SME Confidence Tracker
Hype and hope: the EU-UK trade deal
By Silvia Ungaro, senior advisor at Atradius
Portfolio landlords face £23,000 mortgage hike
Alasdair McPherson on Rangewell’s latest survey
Business Money Subscribers Directory
Invoice and all-asset finance
Invest Bank v El-Husseini
Professor Mark Watson-Gandy on the Supreme Court decision
Private companies need better market structure
By Cees Vermaas, CEO of The International Stock Exchange