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Most Invoice Discounting customers would recommend the service to others
7th September 2010
by Barry Mills
The clear majority of UK SMEs polled who are using invoice discounting and factoring would recommend it as an essential form of funding, according to an ABFA/Yougov poll. The Asset…
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Asset-based lending increases while other business lending falls
6th September 2010
by ABFA
The latest quarterly figures released today by the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) show that lending to businesses is growing, with total advances from ABFA members at £14.59 billion…
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Positive cash flow the key to growth
3rd August 2010
by Barry Mills
A survey by the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) released in June 2010 showed that sales by client firms were up 8% in the first quarter of 2010, compared to…
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SMEs adopting a multiple bank approach to finance
3rd August 2010
Research from Santander Corporate Banking revealed that one in three (32%) SMEs are now using two or more banks to provide services for their business – and the trend for multi-banking is rising with one in…
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A budget for entrepreneurs?
22nd June 2010
by Barry Mills
George Osborne today delivered his emergency budget. As predicted in this column, VAT has increased to 20%. It's not much fun, but I don't think Mr O had a lot of choice really.…