UK avoids recession 10th September 2019. UK brushes off recession fears The UK avoids recession as the economy expanded by 0.3% month on month in July, according to official figures, well above economists’ expectations of 0.1% growth. The services, manufacturing

Government council will support post-Brexit lending to SMEs 10th September 2019. The Treasury and the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced the creation of a finance council to support lending to smaller businesses after Brexit and

The future for house prices 3rd September 2019. If you supply on credit to consumers then you are going to be interested in house prices. Moves in house prices play a big part in the confidence of the consumer. But

Bank referral scheme helps fewer than 800 firms 2nd September 2019.   The bank referral scheme, an initiative administered by the British Business Bank on behalf of the Treasury and which links small companies turned down for bank finance with

Almost half of UK SMEs struggle with cash flow in the run up to Brexit 21st August 2019. Almost  half of UK SMEs (44%), roughly 2.5 million businesses, are struggling with cash flow as they attempt to prepare for Brexit,