Seven tips for effective small business hiring
Found this post useful? Share it As a small business hiring the right people is vital to the success & growth of your company. Making mistakes can be costly. Here’s our seven top hiring tips for SMEs. Last year, the number of employing SMEs increased by...
Bank of England’s warning over personal loans
Found this post useful? Share it This week Bank of England officials warned that the sharp rise in personal loans could pose a serious danger to the UK economy. According to the Bank of England’s financial stability director Alex Brazier, the number of outstanding car...
Banks & UKEF partnering to increase SME lending & exports
Found this post useful? Share it The new partnership between UK Export Finance and five of the major UK banks could mean increase SME lending – as Brexit talks begin in earnest, it couldn’t be better timed. On Wednesday last week (12th July) Secretary of...
Alternative Finance: filling the SME funding gap
Found this post useful? Share it SME funding is vital for UK business growth and expansion but banks are not always the solution. Close Brothers recently published report ‘Banking on Growth: Closing the SME Funding Gap’ examines how SMEs are currently...