New finance provider Azzurro Associates, is looking to provide cash against at least £1bn of UK businesses’ unpaid invoices to help provide much needed liquidity in the coronavirus crisis. Azzurro Associates is establishing a unique service to help businesses clear their growing unpaid debts. This is the first time that companies operating in the B2B […]
From a survey of over 500 pub owners undertaken by the Forum of Private Business (FPB), nearly 4 out of every 10 report that they are less than confident of surviving a June lockdown. The survey of 560 pubs carried out on behalf of the FPB in the last two weeks of April indicates that […]
Gener8 Finance, the Oxfordshire-based invoice finance provider to small businesses across the UK, has supported a family-owned construction company with a £150,000 funding boost. In what continues to be an unprecedented economic time for British business, SMEs continue to face a cash flow crisis as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Gener8’s invoice finance solutions […]
ThinCats the leading alternative lender to UK-mid sized companies, has provided a seven-figure stocking facility for JJH Enterprises Ltd (trading as ValueLicensing) to support the company’s continued growth. Based in Derby, ValueLicensing is a Microsoft reseller founded in 2009, specialising in the procurement and selling of pre-owned Microsoft Volume Licences predominantly to the UK public […]
London was hit first and hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, with high mortality rates and a sharp slowdown in every aspect of city life, according to a new report, though the capital’s job market seems to have been relatively resilient. The report, by Centre for London in association with the Policy Institute and the Centre […]
Research carried out by 3Gem for Amaiz, the business banking app, has revealed that 50% of small businesses have either become cashless or plan to as a result of Covid-19. Of the rest, over 18% already only took card and just 21% of small businesses have no plans to go cashless. The acceleration of the […]
A north-west flooring specialist is playing a crucial role in the construction of temporary hospitals around the country, with the support of Lloyds Bank. Chester-based William Lea Ltd specialises in floor screeding; the process of laying a smooth, level base that supports a final layer of flooring such as carpet or tile. The firm has […]
Euro area small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) reported a decline in turnover (in net terms -2%, from 20% in the previous six months) in the latest European Central Bank (ECB) Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE). This was the first such decline reported in the twice-yearly survey since early 2014. They also […]
Reflex Group is a market leading packaging company with operations across the UK. The business helps its broad customer-base to create unique ‘shelf presence’ for their consumer products, ranging from brand conception design through to labeling and packaging. Over the years Reflex have expanded their operations significantly through a number of successful accquisions and sustained […]
West Midlands soft play centre Kidz2Play will be able to reopen its doors as soon as possible with the support of Lloyds Bank. The family-owned business has secured a £43,000 funding package as part of the government-backed Bounce Back Loan Scheme for small businesses. The loan means that the community asset will be able to […]
