Everything in life is contingent upon its position in the world. The personal, political, scientific and natural worlds all depend on their location and the other elements operating around them. The same could be said about the corporate world, which is dependent upon the external environment within which it operates. This includes everything from local […]
The bank lending paradox and its effect on demand for business finance
Bank funding is still proving elusive, particularly for the SME market. The consequences of the 2008 credit crisis and the effects of the ongoing Eurozone situation continue to be felt in our domestic lending markets: the banking sector remains deeply unpopular and under attack from all sides. A never ending string of operational and cultural […]
Growth: Are business funding solutions the key to improving the economy?
There is an increasing clamour for growth in the UK economy from an ever wider range of interested parties. GDP in 2012 has been disappointing. Negative growth in the first two quarters threw us back into the dreaded ‘double dip’ recession, followed by a significant rise in the third quarter, which many commentators believe to […]
Supply Chain Finance – a panacea for cash flow problems?
The background Supply chain finance has come to mean many different things to many different people. It can be a simple catch-all term for a Trade Finance facility linked to an Invoice Finance facility. If you search for Supply Chain Finance on Google, you will see there are many alternative definitions. The Wikipedia entry is […]
People Power: The lesson of 30 years? Be careful what you ask for!
I think it is fair to say we find ourselves in difficult economic times. But I also strongly believe we have more say in what happens next than we think. My assertion is that we – the People – are the new Super power. We are controlling much of what is going on in the […]