Edition 308 – June 2023
Other people’s money
By Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy
Planning delays and rising costs crippling SME housebuilders
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Home Builders Federation, presents key data from a major survey conducted with Close Brothers Property Finance and Travis Perkins
Golden dawn, or just another day?
Erik Timmermans reports
Manufacturing ambition
Ben Fletcher, chief operating officer at Make UK, outlines the group’s vision for a long-term industrial strategy
From bad to worse
Chris Lee reflects
Doesn’t time fly?
John Brehcist, founder of roundwindow Consultancy Services, gets reflective
Financing Property 2023
Excerpts from Savills’ 35th annual presentation, held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London, 24 May
Managing compliance in emerging markets
By Caroline Ruto, head of compliance at foreign exchange company DKK Partners
Insolvency fears fuelled by low-growth landscape
Regional director Stuart Ramsden highlights the UK findings from the latest annual Atradius Payment Practices Barometer survey
Checking out
Norman Chambers, managing director of the NACFB, on maintaining market plurality through third-party invoicing
UK Receivables – the source of immediate working capital for SMEs
Group editor Robert Lefroy introduces the new Business Money Receivables table. PLUS: Consolidation in the contracting finance sector
Counsel’s Opinion: Dutiful stranger
Business Money talks to City barrister Professor Mark Watson-Gandy about the recent case of Stanford International Bank v HSBC Bank and the Quincecare duty
Closing Thoughts: Getting a better grip on fraud
Tamas Kadar, CEO of cyber security firm SEON, shares the main findings from the company’s latest Global Banking Fraud Index
