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Santander UK to Expand SME Lending
Santander UK is planning to rapidly expand small business lending after freeing up more than £2bn following its withdrawal from a deal to buy 316 branches from Royal Bank of Scotland. Last week, Santander announced a new funding programme to help finance equipment purchases by smaller British...
Late Payment to be Tackled for Small Business
Late payment from customers or long periods before payment are an issue that many small businesses struggle with. A recent report states that one in five firms also said that the issue of chasing late payments has become significant with the total amount owed to UK SMEs a whoppping £35.3...
Small Business still optmistic over Economy
A recent survey of The Guardian's Small Business Network readers - Small Businesses Optimistic Despite Economic Slowdown - has revealed the many small businesses were much more optmistic about the present economic conditions in the UK with many small business seeing company growth over the past...
Kickstarter now offering UK Projects
Ever heard of Kickstarter? To be honest you may not have, but the web site, which lets users pledge money for products, movies, albums and other projects that can't or don't want to get bank funding, has been running just in the US since 2009. More than 70,000 projects have been pitched on...
Medium Size Businesses Performing Well Despite Economic Downturn
A recent study by CEBR (The Centre for Economics and Business Research), the accounts and think-tank, has revealed a "forgotten sector” of Medium Sized businesses (MSB's) that has thrived despite the economic downturn, creating over 52,000 jobs in 2011 and contributing a total of £285bn to...