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Office of Fair Trading brings forward study on banking competition for SMEs

A lack of lending to small and medium-sized businesses has prompted the Office of Fair Trading to conduct a study on banking competition.

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Banking on the next generation for finance innovation

As the rate of change in the banking industry accelerates, Holvi founder Kristoffer Lawson shares his thoughts on where there is room to innovate and what this means for next generation banking.

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Project Merlin SME lending shortfall increases

Major bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has fallen short of targets in the first nine months of the year agreed under Project Merlin.

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Lending: Are the banks performing?

The banks say they are lending; businesses see otherwise. We talk to both sides about the reality of financing hopes for enterprise this year.

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Scottish Loan Fund nears £100 million

Four high street banks have backed the Scottish Loan Fund, investing nearly £40 million in the initiative that aims to increase business access to finance.

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Banks: open for business? 

Personal guarantees and onerous lending terms are making it tough for entrepreneurs to secure finance. M&A reports.

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Banks pledge SME support

Abbey and Alliance & Leicester are to participate in government-led initiatives to increase lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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Q&A – Raising funds and financing the deal

Sarah Drake of Thomas Eggar LLP answers your questions on the challenges of raising funds in a downturn.

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Banks pledge SME support

Abbey and Alliance & Leicester are to participate in government-led initiatives to increase lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Banking

Q&A – Raising funds and financing the deal

Sarah Drake of Thomas Eggar LLP answers your questions on the challenges of raising funds in a downturn.

Banking

Bankers fight back

There’s been a general rush to pin blame on the banks for the current dearth of business finance. Here, we give bankers a chance to put their side of the story and ask them what they’re looking for from their business borrowers.

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Corporates optimistic despite banking crisis

The onset of the banking crisis and the subsequent challenges of funding transactions and growth haven’t significantly reduced mid-market corporate appetite for M&A, according to business and financial advisers Grant Thornton.

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Where next for the UK economy?

With the banking crisis starting to hit the real economy, business leaders and analysts give us their outlook for the months ahead.

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Bank finance in the credit crunch

Despite talk that lending terms are tightening and cash is harder to come by, banks insist that their doors are as open as ever to growing companies.

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