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Invoice finance practical insights
6th Jan 2012 - IInvoice finance is a great way to improve cash flow and fund working capital. However in order to determine if it’s the right finance for your business there are a number of questions to be asked and facts to be considered. more...
Cash flow is king for 2012
5th Jan 2012 - As the credit crunch continues into 2012 businesses are being forced to review their credit control and supplier management policies in order to ensure they maximise cash flow and the availability of liquid funds. more...
Invoice discounting in focus
3rd Jan 2012 - Invoice discounting is a business finance facility that seems to be relativley unknown to many small and medium sized businesses throughout the UK a recent survey has shown. more...
Diversify your business finance
3rd Jan 2012 - The Government has announced a new initiative to help diversify business finance which will be led by UK industry experts from both the business and finance sectors. more...
2011 Archive
Forget Business Loans and Overdrafts: Think Invoice Finance
2nd June 2011 - The latest figures from the Bank of England’s Lending Report for the first quarter of 2011 show that bank lending to SME’s (small and medium sized businesses) continues to fall. Financial data from the five major banks, Santander, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group showed lending fell £2bn in the first quarter of 2011. more...
Invoice Finance Blasts Term Loans and Overdrafts
1st June 2011 - As bank lending to SME’s continues to fall (Bank of England Trends in Lending Report Q1 2011) and their policy of reducing business overdraft lending continues unabated, UK businesses are being forced to seek alternative methods of finance. more...
Is invoice finance the new business overdraft?
6th May 2011 - Whilst bank overdrafts are still the most popular form of borrowing for SME’s, banks are increasingly raising the costs of this traditional form of borrowing and tightening up on lending criteria. more...
How popular is Invoice Finance?
2nd May 2011 - Invoice Finance has grown from about 13,000 UK companies using this type of funding facility in 1995 to over 50,000 companies today. more...
Invoice finance will immediately boost your cash flow
2nd May 2011 - The number one reason for SME’s using invoice finance in the form of invoice factoring or invoice discounting is to provide an immediate cash injection for working capital. more...
Top ten business cash flow essentials
2nd May 2011 - More and more otherwise successful businesses are increasingly facing cash flow pressures which unfortunately can result in business failure. more...
An Introduction to Invoice Finance for Small Businesses
2nd May 2011 - Most small businesses will need business finance of some kind, but as most small businesses know it can be one of the most difficult aspects to secure. more...
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Invoice Finance Lending Leaps by £1bn
Invoice finance lending grew by eight per cent last year as small and medium sized businesses borrowed £14.9bn through registered lenders of the Asset Based Finance Association.
Bank action as business loan demand declines
High street banks have informed the Bank of England they are selling alternative finance facilities to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with overdrafts as industry lending showed a 3% fall...
SMEs show growth in last six months
Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK have shown average growth over the last six months to March 2011 of 6%...