Businesses in Britain involved in the import and export of goods with the European Union (EU) should not take the recent further ‘flextension’ to Brexit as an excuse to be lax about preparations, TheCustomsPeople.co.uk has warned. With the latest extension having been granted by the EU for Brexit to be delayed until 31st January 2020, […]
This November, Global Entrepreneurship Week will bring over 10 million people together this year to celebrate entrepreneurship and start-up culture and the removal of barriers, with over 35,000 events planned in over 170 countries. The UK is the home of the GEW movement and this year the GEWUK campaign team is using the huge global […]
More than half of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have changed customer relationship management (CRM) supplier according to the State of the CRM Market 2019 Report from Workbooks. The company also found that a quarter of SMEs have yet to be persuaded of the benefits of CRM and have not yet bought […]
Nucleus Commercial Finance, an alternative finance provider, has today announced changes to its cashflow finance product, delivering more finance options for the UK’s small and medium sized businesses. Following feedback from brokers, the original three year product will now be extended to a maximum term of five years. This change is available to those businesses […]
The uncertain outlook for the UK economy has led to reduced optimism, according to the results of the Q3 2019 RICS UK Construction and Infrastructure Market Survey. With anecdotal evidence from respondents suggests that the housing market slowdown, coupled with unrelenting Brexit and political uncertainty, is weighing on investment decisions. The survey results point to […]
Singapore’s top SME financing platform Validus Capital (Validus) today announced that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that received financing through their platform has enabled them to grow their business. It was found that these SMEs contributed S$403m to Singapore’s gross domestic product (GDP) and supported over 10,000 jobs in the country, based on data from […]
Bridging lender Fiduciam has completed its largest German deal to date, with a complex €3.5m transaction to a prominent local real-estate investor in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The deal provides strong evidence that Fiduciam’s dynamic approach has successfully taken root following its expansion into Germany earlier in the year. The borrower, a prominent and experienced […]
Contractors are set to be hit by a triple whammy of pay cuts as their employers introduce new ways of working to ensure they meet impending HMRC guidelines. That’s the verdict of a leading accountancy firm which says the much-maligned IR35 legislation, which will be enforced from next April, will have a far-reaching impact on […]
Global SME partner, Bibby Financial Services (BFS), has announced the appointment of Karl Leitelmayer as its head of business centre for trade finance. Karl is an invoice finance specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector. He joins BFS after 19 years at Lloyds Banking Group, most recently as head of broker channel sales – […]
The Apprenticeship Levy Transfer Fund set up to supercharge apprenticeships in the West Midlands has hit a £5m milestone thanks to contributions from large employers. And the fund has now created more than 150 new apprenticeships at small to medium-sized businesses across the region. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), which set up the fund, […]
