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Tandem offers small business finance, single invoice discounting or factoring to improve business cashflow by releasing cash locked in invoices or accounts receivable. On this page you can find news stories which are relevant to the financial sector in which we operate.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced a £950 million investment in regional business that he envisages will help have a “snowball effect” and create growth. The move is a welcome one for the 119 businesses and partnerships involved but is it enough? Do small businesses need more? The government has...
The Chancellor’s small business credit scheme continues to make headlines. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on George Osbourne to include greater investment in mid-sized companies as a means of stimulating activity throughout the business sector. Among its requests, the CBI wants it to be easier for...
Another week, another call for better business lending facilities in the UK. Pressure is growing on the state to do more to help boost SME finance after the EEF industry association entered the debate. What can it do? Perhaps successful British food company Higgidy should serve as an...
The future of the eurozone and a new round of quantative easing are grabbing the headlines, but equally as important is news that the government is planning to do more to improve SME lending. Against a background of growing invoice finance use, debate is already raging over the proposals. Speaking at...
Debate is already raging over the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) recommendation to divide retail and investment banking operations by 2019. More unanimous is the feeling that small businesses have been let down. Looking ahead, will invoice finance be the major beneficiary? The ICB may have laid out a plan...
As the banking sector holds its breath in anticipation of the Independent Commission on Banking, the British Banking Association has said that the vast majority of SME lending applications are being approved. How does this tally with repeated calls for greater lending? Who is telling the truth? Well, to...
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