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Skipton Business Finance helps safeguard future of Ceramics factory Skipton Business Finance has helped a management duo complete a buyout of a ceramics firm, safeguarding 50 jobs in the process. The new company, called Silverdale Bathrooms, will continue to be run…

Businesses increasingly reaching overdraft limits More and more businesses are maxing out their overdrafts, a sign of financial stress, according to a survey by insolvency trade body R3. The figures reflected the third quarter of 2011 and showed 22…

Manufacturing sector sees contraction in November The UK’s manufacturing sector has seen a decline in orders domestically and from across the Eurozone and the world, according to the latest Markit/CIPs index. As a consequence of declining orders…

Two-thirds of businesses threatened by poor cashflow Two-thirds of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are worried that poor cashflow is putting their businesses at risk, according to new research. 180 SMEs were surveyed by debt collection agency…

Young Apprentice – Week Six Appraisal Week Six of the Young Apprentice was the classic negotiation challenge. As seen in most series of its older sibling, the Apprentice, this task was back to see just how good the candidates were at…