The UK’s main banks and financiers see very little benefit in one of the government’s flagship small business loan schemes, according to the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA). Continue Reading

Innovation Finance (IF) will be a provider of sales ledger administration and cash flow services to SMEs primarily based in London, the South East and the Home Counties. The company’s Managing Director, Roger Taylor, has recruited a highly experienced and proven management team to join him, a number of whom have previously worked together. Continue Reading

Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance (LTSBCF) is one of the leading players in asset based finance in Europe with 22% of the UK market share, according to ABFA.  With many years of successful trading and offices in the UK, Europe and the US, the company occupies an enviable industry position, boasting more than 10,000 factoring, invoice discounting and asset finance clients. Continue Reading

Coface is one of the world’s leading providers of credit management solutions, working with businesses to help them trade safely at home and overseas. Country and sector rating analysis is one of our key areas of expertise and enables international trade players to further secure their transactions. Continue Reading

As factoring brokers Cashflow UK and Hilton-Baird exchange business with lessors, Norton Folgate embarks on structured turnaround deals. Continue Reading

For factors, the crisis has proved to be a bit of a curate’s egg. For some, the reduction in availability of credit insurance cover has meant that non-recourse arrangements, particularly cross-border deals, have been badly affected.  But for others, the spread between the cost of borrowing and discount rates charged to clients has widened considerably – meaning that as long as risk can be kept under control, significantly improved profits can be enjoyed. So, depending on the availability of funding and the predominance of international deals, business for factors has been typically mixed at the two extremes – either very good or very difficult. Continue Reading

Leumi ABL Managing Director, Phil Woodward, reflects on the market as we enter 2010… Continue Reading

Premier Invoice and Asset Based Lender Venture Finance has published its “The Evolution of Invoice and Asset Based Lending” white paper following a high-level industry think tank. Continue Reading

According to the new research by the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA), 56 per cent of SMEs aren’t aware of the amount of financial support available from the Government.

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