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Better Business Finance


Better Business Finance (BBF) gives help and support to businesses looking to raise finance. This initiative is supported by The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) as well as Barclays, HSBC, RBS, Lloyds and Santander. The BBF was created to put into practice the 17 recommendations of the Business Finance Taskforce that intends to add further momentum to existing initiatives to improve banks’ relationships with business, to ensure better access to finance and to promote understanding of the needs of businesses. The […]

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Risk and reward as the Bank cuts the base rate to 1.5%


Via Bank of England cuts base rate to 1.5% | Business | guardian.co.uk : The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has cut interest rates by half a percentage point to 1.5% – their lowest level since the central bank was founded more than 300 years ago. And so we find the price of money has been forced to a historic low, just at the moment when demand and risk are high. And we wonder why loans are in […]

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