Strong house building to drive construction recovery
House building across the UK continued its revival towards the end of 2013 with the private sector leading the way. However, the current increase…
Power Transmission Supplier: Leamington Spa
Small and medium sized, SME, businesses are being starved of credit and the cost of credit is also worsening, with average rates on new debit rising…
Collections professionals report rise in first-time delinquencies
British businesses are dealing with a sharp rise in late payments, coupled with slow adoption of technology to manage collections and recovery,…
SME inflation at four-year low
The annual rate of cost inflation for SMEs fell from 1.2 percent to 0.7 percent in the third quarter of 2013, marking the lowest rate of inflation…
Broad-based UK recovery continues to accelerate in Q4
The UK saw accelerating growth in both the construction and manufacturing sectors in November 2013, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’…
Construction: Saltash
The reduction by the UK Government’s austerity measures is seeing more than £90 billion of spending cuts from 2010 to 2014. It has resulted in a…
RBS to increase SME lending opportunities
RBS CEO Ross McEwan has announced that RBS will extend its existing initiative of writing to thousands of customers outlining how much additional…
Zombie and cannibal products killing consumer brands
Companies have been damaging their business by launching zombie and cannibal products that eat into their profits. This is according to a UK study…
Payments Council publishes Christmas spending forecasts
Almost 12 percent of Christmas shopping using plastic cards is expected online this year – a five-fold increase over the past decade, according to…
Strongest ever quarter for invoice finance
Total sales from businesses supported by invoice finance broke £71 billion for Q3 2013, the strongest ever quarterly performance; this is up by…
