UK Finance News

The chief executive of the British Bankers’ Association, Angela Knight has spoken out in defence of high street banks who have been under increasing pressure to make more funds readily available for small and medium sized businesses in the UK.
In an article on the BBC news site Knight reiterates the recent findings of the Bank [...]

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It is still early days for the new coalition government to get tough with high street banks, but according to recent research the traditional UK banking sector is still not fulfilling its promise to make more funds available to small businesses.
The Forum of Private Business claims that business owners are finding it more difficult than [...]

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Almost every entrepreneur and small business owner has been there at least once. You come up with and put into practice an idea to start something you believe is special and therefore very important to you, something that you think could shape your destiny and that could lead to a safe and secure future for [...]

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If you are thinking about starting your own business there are a few things that need to be considered in advance, many of which might not become apparent until you are in the thick of the action.
One such issue could be the facility to make payments for day-to-day items without having to draw cash from [...]

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The new UK coalition government announced today that it would focus on reducing the record deficit running at 11% GDP as a priority during their elected term.
“The deficit reduction programme takes precedence over any of the other measures in this agreement, and the speed of implementation of any measures that have a cost to the [...]

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