ICC & WTO Launch Small Business Champions Initiative
A joint effort to facilitate participation by smaller companies in international trade was launched today by the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO),...
UK MPs look into SME funding challenges
A CROSS-PARTY committee of UK MPs is to examine the key challenges SMEs face when seeking finance.
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Big ideas to nurture little UK businesses
IT’S SMALL Business Advice Week, a time for SMEs to consult with advisers about the best direction for their business journey.
The British Business Bank...
Quirky TikTok trends ‘can help to drive business’
WHAT happens when TikTok trends and British small businesses collide? That’s what Funding Circle, the UK’s largest small-business platform, wanted to know.
The firm paired...
At the top of its game and on-target for future growth
VAKUFSKA Banka Sarajevo has been operating in the Bosnia-Herzegovina market for 26 years, and has gained an enviable reputation for professionalism.
The commercial bank has...
Sunak’s Budget brings relief to many – with a few misgivings
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE BRITISH chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the 2021 Budget, with pledges to help recovery from the Covid pandemic.
The support package for...
Myanmar and World Bank Sign Agreement for Budget Support to Accelerate...
NAY PYI TAW, 18 August 2017 — The Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the World Bank today signed a US$200 million credit for...
£672bn of SME borrowing is unprotected: Legal & General
LEGAL & GENERAL estimates a business protection gap of £672bn for SMEs — with an overall gap estimated to extend into the trillions.
Following their...
Mixed but generally positive responses to Sunak’s revised support package
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE UK government’s new package of measures to support businesses through to March 2021 has met with differing responses from the business...
SMEs ‘turn to crowdfunding to fuel growth out of the pandemic’
SMEs ARE more likely to choose non-traditional ways of accessing capital, including crowdfunding (32 percent) or offering investment opportunities to employees (30 percent), than...
