Zambia Makes Steady Progress in Financial Inclusion but Many Women Still...
Mary Banda runs a small restaurant in Kamwala market, one of Lusaka’s oldest markets. She uses the proceeds from her business to feed her...
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...
Key announcements from Spring Budget that affect entrepreneurs
By SARAH BALCHIN
WITH all the speculation around changes to personal tax in the run up to the Spring Budget, in the end, very little...
Sessions Market cooks up an incentive to beat chef shortage
SESSIONS Market has launched a chef incentive and recruitment scheme to boost an industry hard-hit by the Covid pandemic.
Founder Dan Warne, previously MD at...
ICC and WTO announce second successful proposal under ‘Small Business Champions’...
ICC and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced today (17 October) that a proposal submitted by the Union of Chambers of Commerce of the...
Employers welcome UK government decision to extend furlough scheme
By Hal Williams
A DECISION to extend the British government’s furlough programme has been met with relief by UK employers.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi...
Bid to ease virus impacts on cash flow ‘flawed’ — CEO
THE UK government’s proposed Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CIBLS) is coming in for some criticism.
HM Treasury and the Bank of England last week...
Rise and rise of the budget supermarket
Aldi looks to replicate its monumental success across Europe by opening hundreds of new stores across America, while its almost identical rival Lidl is...
Seven international banks sign-up for global digital network for SME finance
CHEAPER and easier funding for corporates via a global digital network in trade finance: this is the goal of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Bezos’ billion-dollar bid to boost India’s SME business
AMAZON founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is launching a £770m bid to bring India’s SMEs online.
Bezos said his firm will invest the sum —...
