A good day to bury good news
Hooray, we escaped the dreaded triple-dip! Although 0.3 per cent growth is not much, it would have been an opportunity to celebrate. Let'...
Tag: Funding for Lending
Asset Financing: A real opportunity for Funding for Lending?
Roger Skinner examines whether the government’s extension of the Funding for Lending Scheme to asset based lenders, invoice finance hou...
Discussion: Will an extension to the Funding for Lending Scheme boost business growth?
George Osborne has extended the £80bn Funding for Lending scheme ( FLS) for another year but UK business leaders are sceptical that this...
Is FLS up the creek?
It sounded like a good idea but the Bank of England's Funding for Lending scheme (FLS), which is intended to boost credit to households a...
The Funding for Lending Scheme is running out of time
As the Bank of England published disappointing bank lending figures this week, banks and government claim that the Funding for Lending Sc...
The real business guide to government lending schemes
We help you to find your way through the maze of government initiatives for SMEs
Business leaders find little to cheer for in Autumn Statement
Now we know: the funding landscape stays confusing, there'll be no fuel duty rise, and a little cut in corporation tax is hardly effectiv...
High Street bank launches funding for lending package for SMEs
The Government's Funding for Lending scheme aims to help SMEs regain confidence in British banking. Following the new legislation Santand...
Why are rates falling for large firms, but rising for SMEs?
While interest rates on loans to large firms have fallen, rates for SMEs have increased in the last quarter. Is the Government's flagship...
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks unveil business support scheme
It's fair to say, the high street banks are not on anyone's Christmas card list; but can a new Growing Business package, launched by Cyd...