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Bank Lending

News

New SME bank launched

A pension fund and a Cambridge University college have come together to launch Cambridge & Counties Bank, which is targeting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

News

Banks lending to larger businesses

Small and medium sized enterprises are using external funding and the majority of applications for finance are being met, according to new research.

Opinion

Borrowing ideas

All the brave words uttered before the election about forcing banks to lend to businesses seem to have dissipated like so much hot air.

News

Lord Sugar sparks fireworks 

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called for the resignation of enterprise tsar Sir Alan Sugar following remarks he made about bank lending.

Banking

Banks: open for business? 

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

Alternative Finance for Business

The truth about bank lending

Tighter security terms. Higher borrowing costs. Personal guarantees as standard. But don’t worry, the banks are still ‘open for business’. Or are they?

Banking

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).