By Staff writer
In the second of our series of interviews with Everline Future 50 alumni, we spoke to Conrad Ford, founder and CEO of Funding Options, a one-stop shop for alternative finance for small businesses.
Briqs is on a mission to tackle the lengthy innovation and implementation process for financial services brands, whilst also providing a customer-centric experience.
Research recently conducted by Roffey Park on behalf of the Singapore Ministry of Manpower has assessed talent and productivity in this key economic sector. In fact, 97 per cent of enterprises in Singapore are SMEs and, as the backbone of this economy, there are some key lessons that UK SME bosses can learn from their counterparts to help business growth.
It’s said that The Queen only carries cash on Sundays for the church collection basket. This was confirmed by an airport sniffer dog trained to sniff out wads of cash earlier in 2015 – her search of the Queen’s bag was decidedly unrewarding. However, even though The Queen does not carry cash this is not to suggest that society is ready to part with it.
By Peter Ewen
Peter Ewen, managing director at ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, charts the evolution of asset-based lending as part of a new Real Business digital guide looking at the finance option.
If there’s one thing that’s going to make a business sit up and listen – its money, especially when it comes to avoidable fines. So, with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) listing over £800m worth of fines to businesses breaching financial principles on its website, you would think the industry would be more careful about its conduct.
All over the world, governments are taking steps to drive economic growth by helping to make more credit available to small and medium-size businesses. Will this solve the catch-22?
By Ruth Sacks
Ruth Sacks, principal lecturer of leadership and professional development at Westminster Business School, gives her opion on the government-commissioned review of women in finance led by Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia
By Ruth Sacks
Ruth Sacks, principal lecturer of leadership and professional development at Westminster Business School, gives her opion on the government-commissioned review of women in finance led by Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia
Research from One Poll recently revealed that several SME bosses rely on post-it notes as their only form of long-term planning. This, however, may not be a bad thing given that the pieces of sticky paper have strangely become the latest form of boosting innovation.
