Edition 293 – July/August 2021
Who tends the flame?
By Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy
Interview: State of the nation
Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy and Ed Rimmer discuss the UK invoice finance market
Has COVID damaged my career?
Rebecca Paddick asks if full-time remote working has made the path to career progression far less clear
Crystal balls
Erik Timmermans, co-founder of World of Open Account, looks into the future to see what’s in store at the group’s upcoming conference in Vienna
Elephants, cliffs and steep inclines
Jeni Browne, business development director at Mortgages for Business, reviews the current state of the buy-to-let market across the UK
A changing world
Chris Lee reflects
The post-pandemic recovery: Back to where we came from, or into a new normal?
FCI chairman Patrick de Villepin sets out the group’s new strategic plan to help the factoring sector emerge strongly from the COVID-19 crisis
GIAR 2020
Ciprian Radu provides a rundown of the main findings from the FCI’s latest annual Global Industry Activity Report
UK experienced a $25.7bn fall in foreign investment in 2020
Jonathan Merry, CEO of MoneyTransfers.com, reveals the findings of data analysis conducted by the firm to discover which countries benefited the most from FDI last year
Fintechs and my money
By John Brehcist, roundwindow Consultancy Services
Open accounting: A growth catalyst for lenders and clients
By Kevin Day, CEO of HPD Lendscape
The great outdoors
Zelf Hussain, retail restructuring partner at PwC, on how the UK’s hospitality businesses are taking to the streets
Lights, camera, expansion
Wayne Marc Godfrey, CEO of Purely Capital, on new research showing double-digit growth in global TV and film production spend last year, in spite of the coronavirus pandemic
Avengers assemble
Katrin Herrling, CEO of Funding Xchange, summarises the findings of the firm’s latest quarterly Lending Monitor report
Path to decarbonised finance
Norman Chambers, of the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers, on how Britain is poised to lead the way in sustainable SME funding
Technology in specialist finance
Adam Tyler, of the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association, considers how the latest tech innovations might benefit the industry
Counsel’s Opinion – Default lines
Business Money talks to City barrister Professor Mark Watson-Gandy about setting aside default judgements
Closing Thoughts – To lend, or not to lend? That is the question
Industry insight from David Grosse, managing director of Number Eight Business Finance