The National Promotional Institutions of France (Bpifrance), Germany (KfW), Poland (BGK), Spain (ICO) and the United Kingdom (British Business Bank) presented a study in Brussels on the challenges of digitalisation for European small and medium-sized enterprises. The study is based on a first-time joint survey of more than 2,500 SMEs in the participating countries, the […]
For October, there have been six new entrants to the Top 50 Contractor League in the first ten spots, shaped by four project awards all over £150m. Fluor Limited took the top spot following the contract award for the £800m Fawley Refinery upgrade works, and Fileturn Limited came in third place largely thanks to their […]
Aldermore, the specialist bank, has launched a new online portal for brokers named Asset Backer. The new platform aims to simplify and improve the efficiency of transactions between small businesses and brokers. Now available via Aldermore’s website, the Asset Backer portal enables brokers to: Easily manage their portfolio in one place Calculate and deliver quotes […]
Latest Coutts London Prime Property Index reveals that a fall of -0.8% in the three months to the end of September was enough to cancel out the price growth in the first half of the year. New instructions also remain low, -10.5% down on last year and -45.2% below the 2014 peak, making it a […]
Businesses in Britain involved in the import and export of goods with the European Union (EU) should not take the recent further ‘flextension’ to Brexit as an excuse to be lax about preparations, TheCustomsPeople.co.uk has warned. With the latest extension having been granted by the EU for Brexit to be delayed until 31st January 2020, […]
Equiniti, an international technology-led services and payments specialist, is delighted to announce that it has opened EQ Tek, a new R&D facility for its client-facing applications. Headquartered in Krakow, Poland, EQ Tek will create an additional 150 roles for high-calibre developers as well as systems and UX experts within Equiniti. The team will be developing […]
This November, Global Entrepreneurship Week will bring over 10 million people together this year to celebrate entrepreneurship and start-up culture and the removal of barriers, with over 35,000 events planned in over 170 countries. The UK is the home of the GEW movement and this year the GEWUK campaign team is using the huge global […]
Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance has funded £1bn worth of customer invoices in the last year, bringing its total amount lent to over £4bn since launching in 2014. The commercial finance arm of the FTSE-listed bank provides a full suite of asset based lending facilities to businesses across the UK, ranging in size from £1m […]
More than half of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have changed customer relationship management (CRM) supplier according to the State of the CRM Market 2019 Report from Workbooks. The company also found that a quarter of SMEs have yet to be persuaded of the benefits of CRM and have not yet bought […]
Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, has today announced changes to its cashflow finance product, delivering more finance options for the UK’s small and medium sized businesses. Following feedback from brokers, the original three year product will now be extended to a maximum term of five years. This change is available to those businesses […]
