SMEs

Almost three in every five (57%) SME business owners say that they do not feel confident about the UK’s economic outlook for 2017, according to the Close Brothers Business Barometer. The quarterly survey questions over 900 UK SME owners and…

Germany’s small businesses are the most optimistic about their own economy according to the inaugural Global Business Monitor report from international business funder, Bibby Financial Services (BFS). Nearly three-quarters (73%) of…

Ultimate Finance Group, a leading independent provider of finance to UK business, announced that its total loan book to the UK’s SME sector has exceeded £100 million, with significant further funds available to businesses looking for…

David Postings, CEO of Bibby Financial Services, considers the risk of forgetting SMEs in this year’s UK Budget and looks at how the Small Business Bill’s accession into law later this year could affect funding for SMEs and their general…