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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

Commercial Finance Expo 2010 – 30th June, The Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham. The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has announced the date of the first Commercial Finance Expo which will be held at the NEC on the 30th June. The event will also house the NACFB’s annual conference which will take place in the seminar theatre on the day. 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

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

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

This ‘first of a kind’ index tracks small business debt factoring volumes over the previous two years. It shows the final quarter of 2009 will see increasing business failures and trading conditions are likely to worsen again in quarter one of 2010. Continue Reading

2009 is proving to be another demanding year for the recruitment sector.

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Research reveals significant increases in credit refusal, driving business owners to seek out alternative funding options

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Richard Pepler, Chief Executive, Ultimate Finance believes that, before examining the different and quite distinct role played by the factor, there is an important distinction to be drawn between the respective responsibilities of banker and factor.

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