Edition 312 – November/December 2023
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By group editor Robert Lefroy
Enablers: The chairman
Robert Lefroy talks to Paul Goodman, chairman of the board at both Goodman Corporate Finance and the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers
SMEs: Not banking on finance
UK managing director Derek Ryan highlights the main findings from the latest Bibby SME Confidence Tracker report
Approaching peak ESG
John Brehcist, founder of roundwindow Consultancy Services, on how certain corporate considerations might change in 2024
FCI 55th Annual Meeting
Mövenpick Hotel Mansour Eddahbi and Palais des Congrès, Marrakech, 29 October to 2 November 2023
Peering through the fog
Chris Lee reflects
Looking forward to the new year
Industry insight from Adam Tyler
Marketing vs compliance
Chief operating officer Mark Wood discusses survey results from regtech firm Red Marker
A delicate dance
NACFB managing director Norman Chambers unravels the psychology of business borrowing
UK businesses bullish over international growth ambitions
A summary of global survey data by Stuart Tait, head of commercial banking at HSBC
Here be unicorns
Matthew Weller, head of market research at foreign exchange broker FOREX.com, on which industries breed the most $1bn+ start-ups
Smaller shops are winning hearts
Mike Elliff, CEO of payments provider Tyl by NatWest, details the findings of a new retail study conducted by the group
More than half of UK SMEs reliant on credit cards
David Horton, managing director of sales at GRENKE UK, summarises the main findings of the firm’s Lease Of Life survey
H1 2023: Continuation of an upward trend in factoring turnover
EUF market data
Introducing the Business Money Receivables table
Counsel’s Opinion: I can see clearly now
Business Money talks to City barrister Professor Mark Watson-Gandy about the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
Closing Thoughts: The new Late Payment Regulation: Implications for credit risk
Analysis from Diego Tavecchia, chairman of the Prudential Risk Committee at the EU Federation for Factoring and Commercial Finance