Edition 320 – January 2025
By Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy
Enablers: IF charges in 2024
Robert Lefroy comments on data from Spark Finance Group plc
Brexit at four: Trade reset must deliver
Director general Shevaun Haviland sums up the main findings of a new report by the British Chambers of Commerce Insights Unit
Mixed messages
John Brehcist, founder of roundwindow Consultancy Services, ponders what 2025 might have in store for receivables finance
The critical middle
NatWest Group CEO Paul Thwaite summarises a special report examining the role that mid-market corporates play in driving UK growth
We have lift-off!
Chris Lee reflects
Diversification: a growing business in 2025
Industry insight from Adam Tyler
On the road to recovery after bumpy journey
Jennet Siebrits, head of research at CBRE, highlights the main findings from the group’s latest annual UK Real Estate Market Outlook report
The most valuable brands around the world in 2024
Analysis from TradingPedia, presented by editor Michael Fisher, based on Brand Finance’s Global 500 2025 report
Pillars of the community
Kieran Jones, head of communications and advocacy at the NACFB, on the rise and fall of CDFIs
Mechanical engineering set for global rebound, but Europe lags behind
Industry report by Christian Bürger, senior advisor at Atradius
AI: The relentless pursuit of power
Christian Keller, head of economics research, outlines the conclusions of a Barclays Impact Series report examining the massive infrastructure demands of artificial intelligence
Counsel’s Opinion: Administration education
Business Money talks to City barrister Professor Mark Watson-Gandy about Nardelli v Richardson
Closing Thoughts: Filling the global lending gap: private credit vs traditional banking
Comment from Michel Lowy, co-founder and CEO of asset management firm SC Lowy